While not strictly related to programming, this is very surprising and harmful behavior that demonstrates how important thinking about edge cases is.
How to lose your work using Undo Copy in Windows - mihai.fm
https://mihai.fm/how-to-lose-your-work-using-undo-copy-in-windows/
5 Comments
lowleveldata@programming.dev · 7 pts · 3y
What is the use case of a "Undo Copy" feature anyway? I can see some cases that I'd want to "Undo Cut" but why do we need another shortcut to delete a file just because it was copied?
Suppoze@beehaw.org · 1 pts · 3y
For example, if you Control+V-d the files into the wrong folder in windows explorer. I've undoed copies many times this way.
However, the post doesn't mention whether this behavior is present with Ctrl+Z as well. If so, that's even words, because you wouldn't even get to read the action you're about to perform.
l4sgc@programming.dev · 5 pts · 3y
I've never even noticed an undo-copy option before, but as someone who frequently misses the button I intended to click, this is terrifying. Gonna have to git commit before every time I open explorer.
IceWolf@masto.brightfur.net · 4 pts · 3y
@sisyphean Oh yikes. KDE asks you if you want to delete the file here.
Kalkaline@lemmy.one · 3 pts · 3y
That person speaks from experience, an experience that's made them extremely bitter.