I would have pressed Ctrl-Z in my editor like mad until I got the file. If I was... | Hacker News

Hacker Newsnew | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submit

		hiccuphippo 66 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Who needs Git when you have 1M context windows? I would have pressed Ctrl-Z in my editor like mad until I got the file. If I was using vim I could even grep for it through my history files, thanks to vim-persisted-undo.

cimi_ 66 days ago [–]

Jetbrains IDEs have 'Local History' that keeps a record of all edits to files - I looked in mine now and I have changes from more than 3w ago :)

Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact