The sad part is that he didn't learn his lesson. as I recall it was a false alarm, but I was pleased that my concern was misplaced.)Īnd given that a lot of other people have experienced this, I'd say there is evidence that this is a UX (User eXperience) problem, not necessarily a PEBCAK (Problem Exists Between Chair and Keyboard): (Actually, I got very concerned once thinking I had deleted something I hadn't committed yet. Are those the changes it made since the IDE was installed? Did the IDE make changes? Some kind of project files or directories? Some kind of setup? Is a novice supposed to know this?Įven on the home-grown IDE I use at work, it saves backups in a trash area when you delete files in case you accidentally delete something you don't intend to.

It doesn't say what 'changes' will be discarded. Yes, very scary, like many warnings that some systems teach us to ignore. > Are you sure you wish to discard ALL changes? This is IRREVERSIBLE! This didn't happen to me and I'd like to think I'm being objective here - the dialog says:

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