Thought I didn't need version control for small projects, but that backfired badly

For like a year I was just saving copies of my code as 'project_final_v3' or whatever when working on little personal scripts. Then last month I spent 4 hours debugging a Python scraper only to realize I deleted a working function two days ago with no way to get it back. So I finally sat down and learned basic Git (just add, commit, push) and honestly it took me like 30 minutes to get the hang of it. Has anyone else been burned by not using version control on even tiny projects?

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jennys7215d ago

Wait, are you telling me 'project_final_v3' isn't a proper version control system? Because that's what I've been using for my recipes and I've got like 20 folders named 'chili_recipe_final_USE_THIS_ONE' scattered everywhere. I guess I learned my lesson the hard way too when I overwrote my todo list app with a broken version of my todo list app and lost the working one forever. Now I just git init everything even if it's a single script, because apparently my 'final' folder was never actually final.

julia_lee15d agoMost Upvoted

My 'dog_website_final_v2_REALone' folder is still sitting on my desktop from like 4 months ago mocking me. I learned the hard way when I accidentally deleted a whole section of my booking calendar script and couldn't remember what I changed. Now I git init everything too, even my dumb little one-file test scripts.

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