I recognize most of the tidying patterns listed in the article and the associated Twitter feed. My problem is the unnecessary noise in version control. If I’m trying to see when some chunk of code was changed using blame, having a bunch of small edits can make it a lot more difficult.
Still, I tend to do this kind of work on days when I’m not feeling great. I work on a large, reasonably old codebase (28 years old) so tidying busywork sometimes leads me to someplace interesting.
Still, I tend to do this kind of work on days when I’m not feeling great. I work on a large, reasonably old codebase (28 years old) so tidying busywork sometimes leads me to someplace interesting.