If you decide that your entire home directory is the project, as the OP did by setting the repo_path to ~/, then, well… I mean, if you ask me, I don’t recommend it, but it’s your computer and your free will.

Then that should be considered a 'nuke button' and nuke buttons don't find themselves into well-designed software for the simple fact that an end user shouldn't have to worry about shooting themselves in the foot. Again, with good software.