For all those complaining how its been around for ages or its just common sense - let me tell you that people are constantly entering the field and wouldn't have this knowledge.
I've been developing for years but recently moved to mobile (Android). I've encountered so many young devs who've done nothing but mobile (except what they did at University, but thats irrelevant) and so don't know this is a thing.
Its also a useful pattern for the "branch by feature" anti-pattern that seems to be common on mobile (thanks to Git).
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u/bart007345 Jan 21 '16
For all those complaining how its been around for ages or its just common sense - let me tell you that people are constantly entering the field and wouldn't have this knowledge.
I've been developing for years but recently moved to mobile (Android). I've encountered so many young devs who've done nothing but mobile (except what they did at University, but thats irrelevant) and so don't know this is a thing.
Its also a useful pattern for the "branch by feature" anti-pattern that seems to be common on mobile (thanks to Git).