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[–] shirro@aussie.zone 24 points 1 week ago (3 children)

It is an emergency exit not a normal exit.

[–] drspawndisaster@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 week ago

When I accidentally edit a very important file very incorrectly and don't know what it looked like before

[–] embed_me@programming.dev 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The real emergency exit will leave swap files

[–] vrighter@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 week ago

ctrl+z, kill %1

[–] thesmokingman@programming.dev 1 points 1 week ago

My initial take on the sticker was the whole “fire exit git commit git push;” I do see this other perspective now