- it is silent, not announced anywhere, and calls rm on your data
- setting the days to zero doesn't disable it, it immediately rm's ALL your chats
- even setting it to _something_ big doesn't prevent data loss if you launch Claude Code in some modalities (certain subagents, etc) that don't load this config key but perform deletion anyway (with the 30 day default)
Mmmh. git is perfect as it is. It does one thing and does it really well: version control. Exact bits that go in come out. And it reconciles different versions and handles transferring them to remotes.
The need for exactly this is not ever going away, and its ubiquity proves that Linus nailed something that is truly fundamental.
This is like saying we need a new alphabet because of AI. That is VC hype, even if it comes from a Github founder.
Imagine taking a leave, come back in 30 days, boom. Your transcripts are rm'd, silently, without any notification or confirmations.
Bonus: setting it to 0 days rms everything immediately