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by xnorswap 166 days ago
Shift and -f are the guardrails.

Use `rm -r` and just press Delete if you want to have protection.

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Options are not a guardrail. Documented options that operate intuitively and consistently are the guardrail.

This is where OD failed by MS's design, it didn't operate intuitively and consistently with almost any other computer tool, and didn't document the behavior properly in a way that the user can take advantage of the knowledge.