https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=36312

--- Comment #24 from Andrew Pinski <pinskia at gcc dot gnu.org> ---
(In reply to Riccardo Mutschlechner from comment #21)
> Not sure if this is the best place to start, but here goes. I've noticed
> another similar issue.
> 
> Let's say you've compiled a binary, `test`, from a source `test.c`. If you
> then flip the arguments to gcc by mistake, `gcc -o test.c test` rather than
> `gcc -o test test.c`, you will overwrite the source file by trying to
> compile the binary, thus losing it permanently without some other backup.

That is PR 80182 really.

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