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The bad states Git "allows you to unfuck" are largely caused by Git's awful UX (confusing and multipurpose commands based on inner workings), so Git gets no cre

• fooker 5mo ago
  Not just mistakes though, the power of git is being able to undo anything you do with git. If you’re claiming to have never needed any kind of undo functionality, you probably don’t even need a version control system :)
  • Arainach 5mo ago
    You can also undo things in Mercurial - there are just fewer footguns to need undoing.
    • fooker 5mo ago
      No, it's pretty easy to cause irreversible damage. This is a fairly well known advantage of git over literally everything else. https://stackoverflow.com/questions/7376915/recover-lost-files-after-commit-and-rollback-in-mercurial-equivalent-of-git-re https://stackoverflow.com/questions/7376915/recover-lost-fil...
      • Arainach 5mo ago
        It's "easy" with a single deprecated command that no one I know of has ever needed. I didn't even know that command existed.