As the title says. I put the wrong value inside a clean up code and I wiped everything. I did not push any important work. I just want to cry but at least I can offer it to you.
Do not hesitate to push even if your project is in a broken state.
IN CASE OF FIRE 1. git commit 2. git push 3. exit buildingYou guys don’t use a COW (copy on write) filesystem?
Version control would be quite adequate if using a sane amount of time between pushes
I’m paranoid. I have like 5 different ways (including 3-2-1 backups) to restore everything. COW fs is great for stuff that is not a git-able project.
What did you learn from this?
Sorry this happened.
Use it as an opportunity to learn how to better store and edit your code (e.g. a VCS and a smart-ish editor). For me, a simple Ctrl-Z would be enough to get my code back.
If you’re using vscode you might be able to look through the individual file histories to recover some work.
No backup, no mercy.
Sounds like you need Jujutsu 🥰
git commit, git push, git out
I need a t-shirt that says this.
This is a programmers mic drop.
On the bright side, you’ve now got squeaky clean disk space to fill with new projects!
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Sympathy upvote
I keep my git clone in Dropbox so I can revert accidental delete and always have the most recent code on all devices without having to remember to commit and push. If it requires manual execution I wouldn’t really consider it a proper backup solution.
I have been burnt by Dropbox in the past so now use Syncthing between my desktop, laptop, and a private remote server with file versioning turned on. Trivial to global ignore node_modules, and not giving data to a third party.
It’s saved me on several occasions.
Ya, push push push baby, do it on your own branch so that you can find your way back if needed.
Especially when refactoring.
I always like to say “push it to the limit” and then I have this homer Simpson with muscle body sitting on his super couch (I forgot which TV series the Simpsons made Satire of) picture in my head 🤣
Update, hah found it😁 https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7Mhb9D35pkc&pp=ygUdc2ltcHNvbnMgcHVzaCBpdCB0byB0aGUgbGltaXQ%3D
Do you at least have some local commits to get back to? Or did your job remove the .git folder as well? 👀
also removed .git
what garbage cleanup tool gets rid of dotfiles, especially .git? if you let us know we can learn to avoid it
You have backups? Right?
Oh man, I hate losing code. Last time it happened I spent more time trying to recover it than it would’ve taken to rewrite it.
You can’t just… replace your baby, man!
