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

Mon Mar 5 20:22:44 UTC 2018

If you happen to have an adblocker installed, you can add the delete button
to the blocked elements list until it's addressed globally.

On Mon, Mar 5, 2018 at 3:12 PM, Chase Pettet <cpettet at wikimedia.org> wrote:

> 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?
>>
>> --
>> Jaime Crespo
>> <http://wikimedia.org>
>>
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