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 <cpet...@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" <jcre...@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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