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[–] zalgotext@sh.itjust.works -5 points 1 month ago (2 children)

If you use git and understand that VSC's source control stuff is just a thin wrapper around git, you should understand what "discard all changes" means

[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

"discard" is not a git operation. Reset and restore are, but those weren't the words used.

[–] zalgotext@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I'm not claiming that "discard" is a git action. I'm claiming a git user should understand what's meant by the phrase "discard changes". Run git status in a repo that has changes in the working directory. In the resulting output, there's a message:

Changes not staged for commit:
    (use "git add <file>..." to update what will be committed) 
    (use "git restore <file>..." to discard changes in working directory)
        ...

The phrase "discard changes" is used consistently in git's output.

[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] zalgotext@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 month ago

Ok that's understandable, I didn't realize VSCode used to delete untracked files as well as a result of clicking through that dialogue.

[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago

Broken stair apologism.