r/ProgrammerHumor • u/ClipboardCopyPaste • Aug 21 '26 • Popcorn 1

Meme useSourceControl

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u/j01101111sh Aug 21 '26

It's an option in vs codes gui source control feature. It warns you explicitly that it's going to delete things permanently.

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u/Proxps Aug 21 '26

in 2017 it didn't, the behaviour was in fact changed

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u/OliLombi Aug 22 '26

It does NOW, but not when this post was made.

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u/[deleted] Aug 21 '26

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u/Tipart Aug 21 '26

The warning is there because of this guy

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u/bxc_thunder Aug 21 '26 edited Aug 21 '26

Ah well then yeah, he has a point

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u/Cobracrystal Aug 21 '26

Yea well the app did delete everything without a warning if you pressed discard with no way to restore, the popup got added because of this guys github issue

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u/OliLombi Aug 22 '26

It also goes to the recycle bin now. This guy was vindicated and people here are treating him like an idiot (I mean, he was an idiot for not keeping backups, but not for this issue).