OMG I just accidentally deleted hundreds of hours of work permanently ... F*** ME 😱😱😱😨😨😱😰
THIS IS WHY I DON'T FUCKING USE AUTOMATED BATCH SCRIPTS.

Google for some opensource data recovery tools, you'll be amazed how much there will be left.

@heyheni I recovered a lot, however not nearly all of it. I am going to re-code the whole thing using everything I learned from round 1... Oh well.

Make sure you have a backup next time.

Yep, write some scripts to take backups so if anything ever happens you can recover with minimal loss.

Git + gitlab unlimited private repos + backup :)

I have absolutely no comprehension for people who don't make backups. Some have to learn it the hard way...

@azous thanks for the tip

@maysi I did backup. Git. But then the git history was deleted...

@FelisPhasma Even remotely in something like Github?

@FelisPhasma git isn't a backup. It's version control.

@maysi but with gitlab as mentioned by @azous you can use gitlab CI and script in an automated backup process whenever you commit, build, or on a schedule etc. It is exactly how I use it. I backup to backup storage and off site.

@FractalSystems you mean gitlab.com or the self hosted version?

@azous I'm using the self hosted at home for personal and got my company using it as well at work. I have not done the .com and have no experience.

@FractalSystems nice, we where using it at work too, but I'm lazy and dropped it in favor of .com and my sanity as well, been valuing it a lot lately , or what's left of it 😂

One word, one tool: git. Thank me later...

@Lisanna because if you use a remote server for it, then it has a backup.

When you have another machine that you push to, it doubles as a quick access backup.

That said, this in turn should be backed up alongside all the non-git stuff.

@Lisanna if you delete it from your computer you can still pull it back, i never mentionned it was a backup tool, calm down...

@Lisanna git(hub) just helps delocalising files, not backing them up. Calm down...

@Lisanna well, I used to think the only reason I'd ever need a backup is because I had screwed up some code irreparably. Now I know otherwise.

when I lose my work (often stupidly) I'm amazed how fast I am to remake it and how I make it much better.
if it was not good enough to be safely saved don't hate yourself, this could be a sign to push you to even greater work ;)

@NuoNuo 40k lines of code... I can definitely remake it, but it will definitely be a pain.