When GitLab Deleted Its Database by Mistake, How Do We Keep the rm Command Under Control?
We have all heard the story of someone accidentally deleting the root directory as a joke, but don’t think it is just a joke! I have personally seen countless friends’ computers suffer this kind of disaster. Today, the engineers at GitLab (a service similar to GitHub) also demonstrated the immense power of the rm -rf command… They wiped out the database on the production server… I always thought this kind of disaster would never happen to me, but now even a service like GitLab, which has tens of thousands of users, has had it happen through carelessness. That made me look into how to prevent it, so let’s talk about how to keep the rm command under control! ...