Consider asking for confirmation when deleting resources about cli HOT 3 CLOSED

Maybe list the resource you are deleting (like command output) first and then ask for confirmation?

Add a flag -y (--yes) to skip asking for confirmation and assume yes.

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Now that it‘s possible to protect resources from accidental deletion on API level, I consider this to no longer be necessary.

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@thcyron As a fairly new user of hcloud and the Hetzner cloud, I think this could be reopened. Consider this:

$ hcloud server delete some-server

Even if the server is powered on, the API & CLI will happily delete this server without further notice. I think this is a bit overly zealous. Especially if you have done this previously in the same terminal and just press "Up" arrow and Enter without thinking, it can be quite fatal... 😅

We could consider doing what Docker Machine does: prompt by default:

$ docker-machine rm foo
About to remove foo
WARNING: This action will delete both local reference and remote instance.
Are you sure? (y/n): ^C

...and if -f or -y is specified, remove the machine without further ado:

$ docker-machine rm -f foo
About to remove foo
WARNING: This action will delete both local reference and remote instance.
Error removing host "foo": Docker machine "foo" does not exist. Use "docker-machine ls" to list machines. Use "docker-machine create" to add a new one.
Can't remove "foo"

I think an -f parameter would make most sense in our case. How about this: if the machine is powered off, no prompting/safety belt, but if the machine is running, ask for confirmation before removal (unless -f is specified)? 🤔

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