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[โ€“] RobotZap10000@feddit.nl 59 points 4 days ago (2 children)

5000 files

0 backups

Someone's got their priorities mixed up.

[โ€“] QuazarOmega@lemy.lol 14 points 4 days ago (1 children)

You have to lose it all to know what matters (speaking from experience ๐Ÿ˜ญ)

[โ€“] Vanshaj@lemmy.world 4 points 4 days ago

I once lost three hours of work early on during my learning, not much that I lost but it was a moment when I learnt a lesson. Never lost work after that ever.

[โ€“] JackbyDev@programming.dev 5 points 4 days ago (1 children)

And they were trying to correct their priorities by looking into the source control features, so I don't see how that's anything other than victim blaming for them not doing it sooner.

[โ€“] MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 0 points 4 days ago

I would argue that it's common sense to at least make a point in time copy, to... IDK, a USB drive? Before trying to implement a new source/control system.

Just plug in an external drive, or a thumb drive, copy/paste, unplug it, then proceed with testing.

I don't see how anyone who values their time and effort could do any less.

As for the files, undelete is a thing, and it shouldn't be hard to do.