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submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] Starbuck -4 points 3 weeks ago (9 children)

What exactly do you think discard means?

[–] Hawke 70 points 3 weeks ago (8 children)

“Changes” are not the same thing as “files”.

I’d expect that files that are not in version control would not be touched.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (3 children)

"Changes" encompass more than you think. Creating / Deleting files are also changes, not just edits to a file.

If the change is an edit to a tracked file, "Discard Changes" will reverse the edit.
If the change is deleting a tracked file, "Discard Changes" will restore it back.
If the change is a new untracked file, "Discard Changes" will remove it as intended.

It can also be all of them at the same time, which is why VSCode uses "Changes" instead of "Files".

[–] Hawke 24 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

And the terminology is misleading, resulting in problems. shrug.

[–] Eranziel 0 points 3 weeks ago

I find it difficult to lay the blame with VSCode when the terminology belongs to git, which (even 7 years ago) was an industry standard technology.

People using tools they don't understand and plowing ahead through scary warnings will always encounter problems.

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