Scott Mitchell recently wrote his 8 commandments of source control... In general they are very different to mine which are:
- Thou shalt use either SVN or Team Foundation Server - Because one's free and the other is more perfect than unicorn tears.
- Thou shalt not use SourceSafe - Because two people need to work on the same file at the same time.
- Thou shalt merge to the trunk regularly - Because no one want's to spend 1/2 their life merging.
- Thou Shalt Never Branch - If you need to branch you're biting off too much in one go, reduce the size of your iteration.
- Thou shalt never check in without updating and merging with the trunk locally - Because I'm a pacifist and hate conflict
- Thou shalt never check in without FxCopping - Because we have rules and you need to stick to them.
- Thou shalt Never check in without StyleCoping - Because we are anally retentive and require you to be too.
- Thou shalt never Check-in without passing all unit tests - Because you'll break the build; and our integrity
- Thou shalt not enter blank comments - Cuz people which do, sniff glue.
And in life:
- Thou shalt not shake it like a Polaroid picture.
- Thou shalt not worship pop idols
- Thou shalt not question Stephen Fry.
- Thou shalt not judge a book by its cover.
- Thou shalt not judge Lethal Weapon by Danny Glover.
- Thou shalt not use poetry, art or music to get into girls' pants. Use it to get into their heads.
Thanks Scroobius Pip for the above