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by monksy 3979 days ago
Well I can't say too much without exposing the problem.

But there were about 16 files in total. All of the comparators that were written had multiple tests. (I shot for nearly 100% coverage..although I wasn't going to force stdin emulation, and mock out system.exits) All of the commits that were performed were done in small amounts. (Also, a few were just for transferring work space to other computers) The task in hand would have represented approximately 4 tickets at the bare minimum.

Besides, the number of commits: That problem is resolved by merging a branch back down.

The feedback was written in a way "How do you consider that reasonable in a professional environment?"

(Another thing... I wasn't required to submit via a git repo I was required to submit via a zip file, but I did because I hoped it'd give me a leg up.... Turns out: You're better off not trying)

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66 commits sounds perfectly fine for complete unit test coverage, 16 files, etc. Sounds like this was not the sort of person anybody would want to work with if he phrased the question in that condescending way. He'd probably end up being an insane micromanager.