Re: Recording the current branch on each commit?

Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@gmail.com> writes:

No, that's just the appearance that should be upheld in the higher society. It's ok to get paid for work on Git as long as you don't mention it in public. It's also ok to get paid for _promises_ of work if you can make people believe you. Open Source is not much different from how politics and society in general work in the U.S.A. To get the real wads of money, you first need to get the means not to have to talk about money (it's ok if you do it by means totally opposed to "the political cause" as long as you don't talk about it), then you have to prefinance people's trust in you not being there for the money, and then you are in a position to get paid for your work.

Anyway, I digress. Even without all that not so "pro bono" background to "pro bono work", there is still a difference between "pro bono" work ending up in the wastebin and "pro bono" work ending up in a product.

Even while the ones getting the benefits from your work will not feel an obligation to make it worth your while, there is a difference in satisfaction between getting your work trashed and getting it used.

The satisfaction by exploding in self-righteousness tends to be a poor substitute and is comparatively short-lived.

Yes, it may mean that you have to carry your child the last yards rather than shout it across the finishing line. Even though it should have legs perfectly suited to get it across the track on its own.

Only that way you get to pat it on its head.