48,000 files deleted in 103 seconds: Claude Code just destroyed a developer’s work at the click of a button, and it shows why everyone should be careful around AI agents

[throws_lemy@reddthat.com]

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[redlemace@lemmy.world]

That’s on you then. Restore from backup and accept having lost a day’s work.

[combatwombat@feddit.online]

Funny story about those backups

And because the damage extended to the .git project’s ‘objects,’ ‘refs’ and ‘logs’ folders, there was no way to recover the files and undo the catastrophe. The files were just gone in a puff of smoke.

[mummifiedclient5000@feddit.dk]

A local git repo is not a backup.