woops - When you accidentally run " rm -rf * " in the directory containing ALL you projects, not in the directory of a - devRant

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magicMirror

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Sounds painfull. I hope you had a backup... and a remote git repo.
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Gophyr

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@magicMirror I actually did this several years ago... let's just say I hadn't thought about back-ups and I did not yet use version control. I was much younger then... :D
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Pelle

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9y

But how can you do that accidentally, hahah
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hellvetica

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There should be some kind of a temporary backup system hardcoded into linux because this kind stuff happens to everyone.
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the-rafi

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9y

There is a safety measure.. which you bypassed with the -f switch :P
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Seag

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9y

Alias rm to mv and write a script to empty the folder periodically.

Also learned this the hard way. Best(Worst). Lesson. Ever.
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mortanius

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Have you considered a trash package on Linux and alias the command as rm?

https://github.com/andreafrancia/...
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Gophyr

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@Pelle I did it because I was young and I was typing too fast... This is one of the mistakes you make exactly ONCE in your life.
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Gophyr

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@mortanius Haven't seen this before, will have to look into it. Thanks!

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