TortoiseSVN

Back in 2013, when I was using SVN, I wrote the post about creating a TortoiseSVN pre-commit hook that can prevent someone from committing code which is not meant to be shared (e. g. some hack done for troubleshooting). The idea was to mark “uncommittable” code with a comment containing NOT_FOR_REPO text and block the commit if such text is found in any of the modified or added files… The technique saved me a few times and proved to be useful to others…

Probably everyone who creates or debugs a program happens to make temporary changes to the code that make current task easier but should never get into the repository. And probably everyone has accidentally put such code into next revision. If you are lucky enough, mistake will be revealed quickly and the only result will be a bit of shame, if not…