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Claude Code adds safety guardrails for destructive Git commands

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Claude Code has introduced a new safety feature that automatically blocks destructive Git commands, such as `git reset --hard` and `git checkout -- .`, when they are not explicitly requested by the user. This built-in guardrail operates as a classifier, inferring user intent rather than relying on fixed rules. However, the author of the article maintains their custom deny rules in `settings.json` due to the classifier's potential for misjudgment, its dependency on auto-mode, and its limited scope, which does not cover all potentially destructive actions. AI

IMPACT Enhances safety for AI coding assistants by preventing accidental data loss, though users may still need custom safeguards.

RANK_REASON This is a product update for an AI coding assistant, detailing a new safety feature.

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Claude Code adds safety guardrails for destructive Git commands

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  1. dev.to — Claude Code tag TIER_1 English(EN) · Rapls ·

    Claude Code now blocks the git command that almost cost me a day's work. I'm keeping my deny rules anyway.

    <p>A while back I asked an agent to roll back to my last push so I could glance at some old code. It reached for <code>git reset --hard</code> and took my uncommitted work with it. After that near-miss I started adding deny rules to my <code>settings.json</code> by hand: the bori…

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