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Microsoft Please Fix (lemmy.zip)

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[-] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 89 points 3 days ago

That's not a very good dialog box. He didn't make any changes, so discarding them doesn't sound like a problem.

There should be a notice when you enable source control that this will permanently delete all existing files with a checkbox (checked by default) that says "Add existing files to source control."

[-] Pyro@programming.dev 10 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

~~He wouldn't have seen the "Discard Changes" button at all if source control wasn't already setup (and detected by VSCode).~~

~~No sane program will delete files when you initialize source control either.~~

As I found later, VSCode did have weird behaviors with source control back then. My experience is more with the latest versions.

[-] LordPassionFruit@lemm.ee 12 points 3 days ago

My sibling ran into this issue once. I'm not sure if it's a setting or a default, but vscode would assume they were working in a blank repo until they made a commit.

Sounds like this person had the project (without source control) in another IDE, tried out VSCode, and it assumed that it was all 'changes'. I don't use VSCode, do I can't say for certain, but I know my sibling lost ~4 hours of project set up for the same reason (though they immediately realized it was their fault).