louim/in-case-of-fire

In case of fire, git commit, git push and leave the building

In case of fire, git commit, git push and leave the building

This is an SVG version of the "In case of fire" poster that surfaced on Twitter around october 2015.

It includes the original Inkscape svg file, a standard svg, a PDF version and a PNG render.

Pull request for different formats welcome!

Original git push and git commit icon are (c) Github.

(c) 2015 Louis-Michel Couture

in-case-of-fire's Issues

step 1: `git commit -am fire`

The command git commit is not enough.

• If there are no staged changes, it fails
• If there are staged changes, it requires the user to write the commit message. There might not be enough time to do so.

What we need is git commit -am fire. The switch -a adds all changes in tracked files, switch -m fire sets the commit message to "fire", which is of a low quality, but if is justified by the emergency. The un-tracked files are ignored.

P.S: I understand it's a meme, but it might save your work! Besides I think displaying it, points out the importance and benefits of version tracking.

This is obviously wrong!

I don't mind you messing with people's safety, but I do mind you messing with uncommited changes! These "in case of fire" instructions are obviously incorrect and will often result in engineers not being able to push their changes to the remote repo due to possible conflicts! This might cause project delays, missed deadlines and create unnecessary vacancies (some employees will surely die in flames, trying to find the solution on Stack Overflow, which will in turn create unplanned tasks for your HR department, etc. - it's just going to be a mess).

What your "in case of fire" board should say instead is this:

git checkout -b fire_[EMPLOYEE_UID]
git add -A .
git commit -m 'Fire!'
git push --set-upstream origin fire_[EMPLOYEE_UID]

Create a new branch, commit your changes there and push the branch to the remote! Easy, no conflicts, no uncommited changes, just a tiny bit of merging once the smoke clears! Woo-hoo!

PS. Some employees might still die in flames trying to find their ID - nothing can be done about that I'm afraid, so better get your HR department ready, just in case.

Step 3.

git out.