[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #40961: WordPress theme name collision. (was: Wordpress find theme name like my theme even the theme is not available)

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#40961: WordPress theme name collision.
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 Reporter:  guytzhak      |       Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)  |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal        |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  General       |     Version:  4.8
 Severity:  normal        |  Resolution:
 Keywords:                |     Focuses:
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Comment (by guytzhak):

 Hello, I have a theme name that collides with another theme in the repo.
 Accidentally I updated my theme because of that and my site was wiped.
 Thankfully I have backups, but I think that WordPress should prefix the
 repo themes to avoid collision.

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