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The backup part of that is that you are sending a copy of your code to a separate server (github). It has nothing to do with git. Making a copy on a separate

by bawolff 4mo ago

The backup part of that is that you are sending a copy of your code to a separate server (github). It has nothing to do with git. Making a copy on a separate server would still be a backup even if you weren't using git. Using git without pushing your repo somewhere else would not be a backup.

himata4113 4mo ago
see response to charcircuit below.
xigoi 4mo ago
In this case, using Git would have helped even if it was local-only.
- bawolff 4mo ago
  What did the AI actually do? Because `rm -rf .` is not something git can help you with.
  - xigoi 4mo ago
    AFAICT, it only deleted the code using the library, not the whole repository.
  - freehorse 4mo ago
    It was a fake post anyway, but the instructions were to remove the output of that library and code using it, not delete everything on the computer or project.