It had a reasonably clear warning, though; a screenshot is included in this response from the devs. But note that the response also links to another issue where some bikeshedding on the warning occurred and the warning was ultimately improved.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

"Discard changes" is usually equivalent to "cancel" or "quit without saving". Not shift+delete files lol.

[–] BatmanAoD 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Well, yeah, that's why they updated the warning pop-up. It's still the case that the user didn't bother to find out what the warning meant before choosing the inherently destructive option.

Here's the revised pop-up, according to the linked ticket:

I haven't checked the current behavior (this whole incident was seven years ago).

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