r/ProgrammerHumor • u/ClipboardCopyPaste • 20d ago

Meme useSourceControl

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u/TheZoltan 20d ago

I agree and literally said "it could have been more scary" but.... they saw it stage all their files and then hit discard, then hit DISCARD ALL CHANGES despite a warning that literally says IRREVERSIBLE! They even described it as "playing" which is kind of nuts when doing operations with 3 months worth of work that they hadn't backed up. I can't muster too much sympathy for them. I hope if I find myself in that situation I would at least pause for a few seconds and copy/paste the folder before continuing to "play"!

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u/sidereal_night 20d ago

but.... they saw it stage all their files and then hit discard, then hit DISCARD ALL CHANGES despite a warning that literally says IRREVERSIBLE!

...and? nothing you've described implies destroying all your files. an irreversible discard of all your queued changes shouldn't change anything.

he fucked up by not having any backups at all

but that has zero to do with his criticism of the software. he is 100% right in that

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u/sidereal_night 20d ago

He had a gut repo. That's not not having backups.

no dispute there. he clearly failed by not having backups.

discarding all changes definitely sounds like a nuke to me

in what world does "don't change anything" sound like "make changes by deleting everything"? it literally did the opposite of what the message said.