[QA] [Cloud-admin] Delete button on gerrit

[Chase Pettet]

It seems potentially the only time to use it would be an accidental leak of
sensitive info in a changeset, and you would still want to change the
leaked value. More than once I have discovered an abandoned change from
someone and learned a lesson so that seems like the superior everyday
mechanism for "not useful" anymore :)

On Mar 5, 2018 2:00 PM, "Jaime Crespo" <jcrespo at wikimedia.org> wrote:

> I just been told there is now a delete button, DON'T USE IT- I just
> pressed it by mistake after entering in edit mode thinking it was a
> "discard patch started on web interface" (but it is very easy to pres it by
> mistake), and apparently it removes the entire CR. I was told by Paladox
> this is a new feature on gerrit, and I do not like it already. I managed to
> delete the work of a workmate. :-(
>
> I could restore everthing from the database backups, but as it also
> deletes the git files content, it doesn't work without it -it cannot be
> reverted- only text can be recover from the database in not the nicest
> formatting.
>
> Apologies for the damages caused. Should I file a ticket to propose to
> disable such a button from the UI?
>
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> Jaime Crespo
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