> People who say "just delete the repo" when things go wrong really frustrate me
YES. Go be a baker or something! If you're going to be a developer you should generally speaking be willing to figure out what's wrong and how to fix it.
Know how your tools work. Bad carpenter what have you...
99% of people should just turn automatic `git gc` off. You don't need it. Turn it off and you never have to worry about losing work. It's there, you just have to find it.
YES. Go be a baker or something! If you're going to be a developer you should generally speaking be willing to figure out what's wrong and how to fix it.
Know how your tools work. Bad carpenter what have you...
Also speaking of `git reflog` and such - I still stand by this article I wrote a few years back - https://donatstudios.com/yagni-git-gc
99% of people should just turn automatic `git gc` off. You don't need it. Turn it off and you never have to worry about losing work. It's there, you just have to find it.