To avoid unintended file deletion, I’ll use the following routine for file deletion.
rm is aliased to a warning and do nothing, this is a precaution against muscle memory.
rip is used for file and directory deletion, which will only move the file to /tmp/graveyard-<userid> by default.
Scripts should only use rip to remove files.
Agents are instructed to only use rip to remove files.
Of course this doesn’t free the disk space.
Actually deletion will use dua i <directory> to first inspect the graveyard to identify the directories occupying the most disk space, use d to mark deletion, tab to the other pane, ctrl+r to permanently delete.
I could also inspect other directories, such as ~, ~/.cache, etc.
The whole process is very conscious, thus I’m mostly likely intend to delete them.