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smallhadroncollider
Lost file when device runs out of storage
I just opened taskell to add a task and reorder some things without realising I had run out of storage space. Adding a task worked but trying to move an item up in the list caused taskell to crash. I don't know how data is written to the file but mine is now empty. It's a personal list and not related to any repos so I wasn't backing it up with anything.
I know recovery is impossible but it might be good to add some kind of error handling for situations like this that throws a warning when attempting to write to the file. The user could then free up some space and allow taskell to save changes.
Sorry you lost your list!
The file writing behaviour definitely needs some work. I think probably I need to write to a temporary file and then switch it once it's written – then it wouldn't kill the current file if something goes wrong.
Sorry you lost your list!
It's not all bad; it was a fantastic opportunity for me to learn a bit about file recovery. I've been meaning to for a few weeks but never got around to it. I was actually able to find a few copies of my list with PhotoRec; I'll have to go through them and figure out which one I want but I have recovered it :wink:
