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Re:In Praise Of –Dry-Run by james_marks on Saturday January 31, 2026 @10:11PM (#46843287)
Yep. First thing I do for this kind thing is make a preview=true flag so I don’t accidentally run destructive actions.
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Re:In Praise Of –Dry-Run by mycall on Wednesday February 04, 2026 @07:09PM (#46893811)
Now I like that idea as an environment variable that takes precedence over the command parameters.
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