How Do You Look When Merging Fails (opens in new tab)

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269 pointsaristoxenus16y ago30 comments

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Hilarious. This should be built-in to all of those error-reporting systems that software developers use so they can really feel their users' pain when something in their software breaks :)

dschobel16y ago

Amazing. I was expecting some theoretical dissertation about productivity and coding and instead, got a heaping spoonful of awesome.

axod16y ago

No, you got the tech equivalent of a lolcat.

icefox16y ago

Well, this is a good example of a hook that you can add to your distributed revision control systems. Something that could never be added to a set of hooks that are run on the server. And local hooks can cause productivity boosts.

gcheong16y ago

I like how you can tweak the timing of the camera with the EMOTIONAL_SLUGGISHNESS_RATE

dasil00316y ago

This was my first thought before I looked at the code. The constant name is perfect and intuitive. Great work.

patio1116y ago

The constant name is perfect and intuitive

I might have gone with DELAY_BETWEEN_DETECTION_AND_PICTURE, because it describes what the constant is used for and does not describe it as a "rate", which suggests some sort of x / t measurement where t is a unit of time.

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tlrobinson16y ago

OS X users can use this instead if you install "isightcapture" (available through MacPorts: "sudo port install isightcapture")

    def grab_image(fname):
      os.system("isightcapture "+fname)

Anyone know how to do the same for git? AFAIK the merge hook isn't run if the merge fails.

xenonite16y ago

Haha, and the picture comment by his daughter :-D ("you look soo silly") g

ErrantX16y ago

This guys projects are worth checking out too.[1]

If it does everything claimed (not tried it out yet) Crunchy Frog [2] looks prettyy useful.

1. http://andialbrecht.wordpress.com/projects/

2. http://code.google.com/p/crunchyfrog/

brown9-216y ago

At first I started thinking "well this sounds kind of silly" ... and then I scrolled down far enough to see his results and saw the perfect expression of what it feels like when this happens!

mrcharles16y ago

Too bad this wasn't hooked up to a hashtag when it twitters so that we can search for them.

stevelosh16y ago

You could just search for the message itself ('Another merge failed.').

blasdel16y ago

Hashtags have nothing to do with search, and everything to do with drawing attention to bandwagon-hopping.

quellhorst16y ago

Don't code naked!

gruntruk16y ago

I also thought the straight to Twitpic feature could lead to some embarrassing moments.

donw16y ago

Genius. Just genius. I wonder if you could do something similar, with a picture on every check-in to indicate code quality...

zitterbewegung16y ago

If only I used HG. If someone made this for darcs it would be a movie of watching a merge fail though.

Pistos216y ago

Hilarious! I laughed out loud more at this than anything else online I've seen in the last year. Imagine hooking it up to a mic to also snap a pic when a certain volume threshold is exceeded; i.e. when you curse at your computer.

colbyolson16y ago

I cant find any documentation on installing CVTypes, could someone who knows some python help me out? I would love to play around with this and share it on github.

monological16y ago

You have to download and install openCV =>

svn co https://code.ros.org/svn/opencv/trunk/opencv

http://opencv.willowgarage.com/wiki/PythonInterface

tibbon16y ago

I just sent that to our team that is getting used to using Git/Github as opposed to msft VSS and were just asking about merging fails. :)

mahmud16y ago

Ouch. I was expecting something about corporate image after a failed merger/acquisition, but I was pleasantly surprised.

fretlessjazz16y ago

Someone should commit an equivalent patch to Subversion and have it auto-email their developer mailing list.

fretlessjazz16y ago

* Subversion's developer mailing list, that is:)

gills16y ago

That's just beautiful. Thanks for making my afternoon!

timinman16y ago

Love it. Love it. Love it.

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ryanwaggoner16y ago

Hilarious. This should be built-in to all of those error-reporting systems that software developers use so they can really feel their users' pain when something in their software breaks :)

dschobel16y ago

Amazing. I was expecting some theoretical dissertation about productivity and coding and instead, got a heaping spoonful of awesome.

axod16y ago

No, you got the tech equivalent of a lolcat.

icefox16y ago

gcheong16y ago

I like how you can tweak the timing of the camera with the EMOTIONAL_SLUGGISHNESS_RATE

dasil00316y ago

This was my first thought before I looked at the code. The constant name is perfect and intuitive. Great work.

patio1116y ago

The constant name is perfect and intuitive

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tlrobinson16y ago

OS X users can use this instead if you install "isightcapture" (available through MacPorts: "sudo port install isightcapture")

    def grab_image(fname):
      os.system("isightcapture "+fname)

Anyone know how to do the same for git? AFAIK the merge hook isn't run if the merge fails.

xenonite16y ago

Haha, and the picture comment by his daughter :-D ("you look soo silly") g

ErrantX16y ago

This guys projects are worth checking out too.[1]

If it does everything claimed (not tried it out yet) Crunchy Frog [2] looks prettyy useful.

1. http://andialbrecht.wordpress.com/projects/

2. http://code.google.com/p/crunchyfrog/

brown9-216y ago

At first I started thinking "well this sounds kind of silly" ... and then I scrolled down far enough to see his results and saw the perfect expression of what it feels like when this happens!

mrcharles16y ago

Too bad this wasn't hooked up to a hashtag when it twitters so that we can search for them.

stevelosh16y ago

You could just search for the message itself ('Another merge failed.').

blasdel16y ago

Hashtags have nothing to do with search, and everything to do with drawing attention to bandwagon-hopping.

quellhorst16y ago

Don't code naked!

gruntruk16y ago

I also thought the straight to Twitpic feature could lead to some embarrassing moments.

donw16y ago

Genius. Just genius. I wonder if you could do something similar, with a picture on every check-in to indicate code quality...

zitterbewegung16y ago

If only I used HG. If someone made this for darcs it would be a movie of watching a merge fail though.

Pistos216y ago

colbyolson16y ago

I cant find any documentation on installing CVTypes, could someone who knows some python help me out? I would love to play around with this and share it on github.

monological16y ago

You have to download and install openCV =>

svn co https://code.ros.org/svn/opencv/trunk/opencv

http://opencv.willowgarage.com/wiki/PythonInterface

tibbon16y ago

I just sent that to our team that is getting used to using Git/Github as opposed to msft VSS and were just asking about merging fails. :)

mahmud16y ago

Ouch. I was expecting something about corporate image after a failed merger/acquisition, but I was pleasantly surprised.

fretlessjazz16y ago

Someone should commit an equivalent patch to Subversion and have it auto-email their developer mailing list.

fretlessjazz16y ago

* Subversion's developer mailing list, that is:)

gills16y ago

That's just beautiful. Thanks for making my afternoon!

timinman16y ago

Love it. Love it. Love it.

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