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Should i accept that a client adds changes to sourcecode on an ongoing development?

I'm currently in a situation (i'm a technical lead) where the client has modified on his own the source code, and i'm being told to accept the changes and keep working on that version. Technically he ...
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How useful is line-by-line code re-use?

In my workplace, the client is obsessed with line-by-line code reuse. And they use a tool that uses LoC as measure of code re-usability. Often for two modules, if the logic is same as of now, those ...
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4 answers
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If taking over code of a third party, what are the delivarables?

My team has to take over a project from an external company. They've provided the last state of trunk to us as a zip file and are trying to convince us, to accept this as a complete delivery of their ...
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What are good ways to measure project size? How do I compare the size of my project to other projects? [closed]

Background I am currently working for a quite large (relative to what I have done before) hobby project. I would like to compare the size of this project to other open-sourced projects but I cannot ...
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Why aren't there code overviews for open-source projects? [closed]

There are very complex open source projects out there, and to some of them I think I could make some contributions, and I wish I could, but the barrier to entry is too high for a single reason: for ...
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18 votes
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How secure is my private repository on bitbucket

Does anybody know how secure are my private repositories on bitbucket.org? Can I rely on that? I have some repositories and I only want them to be reachable only by me and two others.
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How to read thousands lines of code without any documentation? [closed]

Previously I was searching for a good TimeLine control for a WPF project. I found an answer in Here which direct me to this CodePlex project. Now I want to change code to feed my culture needs. But ...