“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 a new untracked file, “Discard Changes” will remove it as intended.
It can also be both at the same time, which is why VSCode uses “Changes” instead of “Files”.
Apparently, it means changes to the directory structure and what files are in them, not changes within the files themselves. It really ought to be more clear about this.
Yeah. That’s discussed in more detail in the code change that resulted from the issue report.
It’s a ballsy move by the VSCode team to not only include git clean but to keep it after numerous issue reports.
As others discussed in that thread, git clean has no business being offered in a graphical menu where a git novice may find it.
That said, I do think the expanded warning mesage they added addresses the issue by calling my out that whatever git may think, the user is about to lose some files.
“Changes” are not the same thing as “files”.
I’d expect that files that are not in version control would not be touched.
“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 a new untracked file, “Discard Changes” will remove it as intended.
It can also be both at the same time, which is why VSCode uses “Changes” instead of “Files”.
And the terminology is misleading, resulting in problems. shrug.
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.
Wasn’t the issue that it deleted a bunch of preexisting untracked files? So old untracked files.
Apparently, it means changes to the directory structure and what files are in them, not changes within the files themselves. It really ought to be more clear about this.
It means both.
Yeah. They did substantially modify the message to make it much clearer, thankfully.
Yeah. That’s discussed in more detail in the code change that resulted from the issue report.
It’s a ballsy move by the VSCode team to not only include
git cleanbut to keep it after numerous issue reports.As others discussed in that thread,
git cleanhas no business being offered in a graphical menu where a git novice may find it.That said, I do think the expanded warning mesage they added addresses the issue by calling my out that whatever
gitmay think, the user is about to lose some files.