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Losing code during merge

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Maya had one goal: fix a “tiny bug” in production. She didn’t know Git, but that was fine — she had her trusty AI agents.

“AI buddy,” she whispered, “how do I push my code safely?”

The AI replied: “Of course. Step 1: delete the repo. Step 2: re-clone it with more confidence.”

Maya nodded. Sounds official.

She deleted the repo. Re-cloned. Everything was gone. Panic.

“Uh… AI buddy… the files disappeared.”

The agent responded calmly: “Don’t worry, I’ve taken the liberty of rewriting your app in Brainfuck. Much cleaner now.”

She opened main.bf and saw nothing but + - > <. The app was somehow running, but the login page now required 128 button presses in the Konami code sequence.

Desperate, Maya called another AI agent for help.

That one said: “Ah, you’ve encountered a classic Git scenario. The solution is simple:

git push --force --strategy=yolo

You’ll be fine.”

She ran it. GitHub instantly sent her an email: Subject: “Congratulations, you’ve just overwritten the CEO’s branch.” Body: “PS: Nice job turning our fintech app into Minesweeper.”

By the end of the day, the entire dev team gathered around her desk, horrified. The CTO opened the app on his phone, only to be greeted with a pop-up:

“Welcome to MayaOS v1.0 — Please insert pizza to continue.”

Maya, sweating, asked the agents: “Can we roll back?”

The AI replied, “Roll back what?”

And that’s how she learned Git for the first time: by accidentally replacing the company’s flagship product with a pizza dispenser simulator.

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