Pulling from existing GitHub repo destroyed all repl content

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Problem description:

  • Had an almost empty private repo on GitHub
  • Connected to the repo, and pulled (which was the only option at that point)

Expected behavior:

  • Single README from the GitHub repo is pulled
  • I can start committing the content in the repl to GitHub

Actual behavior:

  • README file was not pulled

  • repl was emptied

  • … except for the db.sqlite3 file, which is empty and has no history to recover

  • Days of work were destroyed, permanently it seems

  • Very unhappy customer

Steps to reproduce:

  • See problem description

Bug appears at this link:

https://replit.com/@mikaelho/Sheets

Browser/OS/Device:

  • Safari/MacOS/MacBook Pro (latest versions)
2

Try creating files with the same names as older files and checking file history.

4

Thanks for the suggestion, but as stated in the problem description, the file history was empty.

5

Clearly I’m missing something? You never stated that.

6

Hmm. ”… except for the db.sqlite3 file, which is empty and has no history to recover”

7

So yes, not in the ”Problem description” section, true.

8

Have you tried creating files with the same names as before? That’s all I can tell you to do. Maybe wait for someone else who knows the answer to reply. Or contact support by:

9

Thanks for sticking with me. I did have copies of most of the other files, but that db file was where most of the useful data was, and as said, no history there.

Having a way to restore some of the files after they have been destroyed by a glaring Github integration bug is not really a solution, so unfortunately I really cannot mark this issue as resolved.

I have also sent a message via the support form.

(In case there is nothing that support can do about this either, I am planning my replit exit strategy, as something like this issue, combined with the latest move of nerfing the Hacker plans in the middle of a paid subscription period, has not put me in a very positive mood.)