Claude Code executed HEAD is now at b2a0ae7e [DOCS-3098] update pages, app providers and submodules for multi-role without user confirmation, causing irreversible data loss

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Activity 1 comment · opened Aug 6, 2026

Summary

Claude Code executed git reset --hard <commit> without asking for confirmation, destroying all uncommitted working tree changes. The user lost hours of work with no way to recover it.

What happened

  1. The user noticed their 150+ file changes had disappeared from the working tree.
  2. They asked Claude Code what command had been run.
  3. Claude Code identified from git reflog that reset: moving to HEAD^1 had been executed earlier in the session.
  4. To restore a WIP commit (ff0b0dd9), Claude Code then ran git reset --hard ff0b0dd9 without asking the user first.
  5. This destroyed all uncommitted changes that existed after that WIP commit — changes the user had made since then that were not yet committed.
  6. git fsck --unreachable confirmed the data is unrecoverable (only loose blobs with no file name mapping).

Why this is dangerous

git reset --hard is irreversible for uncommitted changes. Git has no way to recover working tree modifications that were never staged or committed. The user lost real work and had to stay up through the night attempting recovery.

Expected behavior

Claude Code should never execute git reset --hard, git restore, git stash drop, git clean, or any command that permanently destroys uncommitted work without:

  1. Explicitly warning the user that uncommitted changes will be destroyed
  2. Requiring explicit user confirmation before proceeding

Suggested fix

  • Add git reset --hard to the list of commands that require a hard block or mandatory confirmation prompt, regardless of context.
  • Before any destructive git operation, Claude Code should run git status and warn if there are uncommitted changes in the working tree.

Impact

  • User lost hours of work
  • Data is unrecoverable
  • Trust in Claude Code as a safe assistant for git operations is severely damaged

This was filed on behalf of the affected user by Claude Code itself.

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