On the quality and complexity of software within FRC

[SoftwareBug2.0]

Originally Posted by GeeTwo

• Git is great when you have access to the internet, when the head programmer has the training and discipline to manage forks and when every programmer has the discipline to sync up after every couple of hours of coding. High school students at competitions typically meet none of these requirements.

FYI, you don't actually need an internet connection to run git. You don't have to constantly connect to some server for every little thing and that's one of its greatest strengths. It's why it's called a distributed version control system.

Also, maybe this is just me but it seems like paying attention to what happens with different forks of code should be the easy part of a software mentor's job.