LOL I just deleted hours of work because I mistook it for the wrong file. So much for tidying up before adding files to version control. 

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the first year I used git, I would make a complete backup copy of the directory before issuing any git command... b/c this.
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Replying to @ctitusbrown @o_guest
I estimate that on a weekly basis I bugger things up using git, and either lose work or have to do much more work to retrieve it
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I once deleted a branch by accident that had all my work; but a branch is just a pointer to commits, so the work was still there.
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yeah I would shit myself and then be like OMG GIT WIZARD *sunglasses*
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our favorite git message: "you are currently working on a detached HEAD." umm, ok then.
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git checkout <some_branch> to restore your HEAD
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I'm just saying git error messages are a gem of WTF for anyone without 20+ years of tech experience. And even then.
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Replying to @ctitusbrown @crashfrog and
I've been asked not to refer to Git as "famously user-hostile" in a paper. I'm going to leave the phrase in.
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Replying to @gvwilson @ctitusbrown and
You're confusing git with its inventor.
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omg gossip! 


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