[Mad_Mac]

It's pretty bad UI design, but pressing the discard button does open a confirmation box that says "Are you sure you want to discard ALL changes? This is IRREVERSIBLE!"

With that kind of a message, it's amazing how he didn't think twice about discarding them. Especially when he didn't have a proper source control before.

[josteink]

3 months of code work and no version control...

You have to wonder if he actually learnt a valuable lesson or just ran away blaming Microsoft...

[Vinnl]

I'm not hopeful:

> I don't need to explain why I don't have a private repo with my stuff. It is the software's concern NOT to destroy the integrity of a computer like a damn virus. You come here, see my despair and berate me for something that was not my fault, and has happened to a lot of other people? Fuck you.

[DiThi]

While I think he should have learn his lesson before, also I think it should show the list of files it would delete.

[fzukfzjk]

He most likely didn't have a proper source control because he didn't even know what it is. For someone like him your proposed warning wouldn't be effective, because according to his belief he didn't change anything yet.