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1. [deleted] · 1785959789 · focus · HN ↗

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   1. spockz · 1785960021 · focus · HN ↗

      This local history has saved my bacon on occasion. E.g. when I went too long without committing and something silly overwrote the file I was working on. Or because I did something silly with git. Then it is nice that there is still an independent backup elsewhere with different failure modes.

      1. exe34 · 1785960384 · focus · HN ↗

         Like a branch on the server?

         1. spockz · 1785961429 · focus · HN ↗

            That would still be in git. The local history in IntelliJ works independently of any VCS.

            Also I’ve had formatters botch files including changes I hadn’t committed yet. For that the local edit history is also useful.

            1. exe34 · 1785968013 · focus · HN ↗

               Or add it to git? What's wrong with git?

               1. spockz · 1785996838 · focus · HN ↗

                  The whole point is that sometimes I or the build system performs an action that it cannot reverse. This happens in between commits as I’m not in the habit of committing after every few keystrokes.

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