I NEED help understanding GitHub vs replit

Tips & Tricks
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Background

  • Git tab means the tab in replit
  • GitHub means my web access into GitHub repo
  • I make changes in replit
  • In my git tab I see a history of changes (commits)
  • But on GitHub, branch shows last updated days ago
  • I can manually edit a file in replit, stage it, and force commit it thro the git tab
  • Only then does my github show updated just now
  • Even sync button doesn’t seem to push an update to github

My issue

  • Today I updated my repo the manual file change way above
  • I allowed openai codex to make a tricky change to the code
  • I went thro a process of opening the change called a PR, and merging it, which I understand means my repo is up to date, and it seems to be
  • Now I go back to replit to sync, and it doesn’t pull the changes

I then messed up:

  • I changed to an old branch/fork on the git tab, synced, changed back to current branch, and synced again
  • Now on git tab, the history (commits) shows 15 days ago :scream:
  • And my repl won’t run

I need help forcing replit to pull my entire repo, which I beleive to be latest with the codex edit. Only solution I can think of is to start a new repl, from the repo, if that’s even a thing.

Maybe I need to delete my .GitHub directory in the repl?

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solved with a:
git reset --hard origin/Main2

But if someone could help me understand how replit seems to have a local git, and how to make it sync with the github repo, that would be useful to all I imagine.

Both to push sync and to pull sync.

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I haven’t personally encountered this issue, but generally speaking, you should be able to perform the desired operations using the pull and push functions in the git pane.

It might be better to explicitly use the pull or push buttons instead of the sync button, as this gives you more control over exactly what operations are being performed and when.

Also, you might find these git commands helpful:

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THAT’s the issue - I remember these pull/push buttons from a while back, but I don’t have them anymore.
I’d been doing force push and pull thro shell. Not ideal, but works.