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[-] Pyro@programming.dev 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

"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@lemmy.world 25 points 1 day ago

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

[-] Eranziel@lemmy.world -1 points 1 day 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.

[-] candybrie@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago

If the change is a new untracked file

Wasn't the issue that it deleted a bunch of preexisting untracked files? So old untracked files.

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