But it works on my machine!

A common thread among developers is where a software build works on one developer's machine but does not work on another developer's machine. Each developer's machine should mirror—as closely as possible—software integration. Everything that is needed to do a software build needs to be committed to a version control system. Developers should not have custom build scripts that exist only on their local machines.

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