Old files show up again causing big problems

[Anonym69]

Describe the bug
I use Copy App frequently to isolate my code from one version to the next. It is hugely efficient and has saved me from bricking my code.

Either way, what has surprised me is that files deleted a long time ago (several "versions" (Copy Apps earlier)) show up in later versions. This is really annoying and is creating problems.

For instance, I used to have an "install/" directory in the root of an app to which I copied files (I had to prompt this) necessary to create a working installation kit. At one point like 50 versions ("Copy Apps") back I took a backup of my "install/" directory to test something. Then I got rid of it. Later on I also got fed up with using the "install/" directory much due to that I had to do continuous prompting.

When I installed things, I just made a zip of my "install/" directory and I uploaded it to my server to deploy it.

I am currently at version 79 (so version when I say it is not versioning as part of Dyad, it's me doing "Copy App") and back at version 32 I created a zip file called dbm-032.zip . I forgot to delete directly after and this has haunted me since then.

A few versions later I realized that dbm-032.zip was still present so I deleted it. GOSH! I had already stopped using my "install/" directory structure and the "install - Copy" (Windows way of naming copies) was STILL THERE despite that those I had deleted. Now I started to notice that DESPITE that I had deleted these files ("install/" and everything under it, "install - Copy/" and everything under it and dbm-032.zip) they keep on coming back despite that they should be unknown to the latest version.

It can't work like this! I see it as a terrible bug. If there is some sort of check what is part of a project and that you can't change that, then please create a "Resync" feature (resyncing the current version with what is in the current project and shapes the new basis for how this will be treated from then going forward)that updates whatever library you use as a basis for haunting my later versions with old files.

To Reproduce
Described above.

Expected behavior
Deleted files should not reappear in later versions.

Screenshots
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Desktop (please complete the following information):

• OS: Windows 10 Pro
• Browser : Dyad internal
• Version : 0.22.0

Additional context
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[wwwillchen]

old files can come back if you use restore version - maybe that's what's happening?

[Anonym69]

Not that simple. How I wish.

1. I had a project, version 032. Up till here I prompted this now and then:

"changes made to the "/src/" subdirectory which are necessary to create an installable app, shall also trigger the same changes to "/install/src/". Make sure that all changes you did above and will do, are mirrored to "/install/src/".

2. I have done several "Copy App" since then, right now I am at version 080 , which is my release candidate.
3. When I discovered this I was around v034, so I deleted the files I didn't want. Initially just on the version I had active
4. When I restored a version I had deleted the files in, done "Copy App" and later on restored, the deleted files came back
5. I got a huge list of files that were lost externally as some sort of error message when I had deleted files, when taking a new "Copy App" of a project where the files were deleted, the files deleted didn't come back immediately, but they did after a while
6. Then I tried to delete these files several versions back, 15 versions back
7. The files were concluded to NOT exist in the directory that was active.
8. "Copy App"
9. After a while the files were slowly coming back again despite that they should have been gone. How did I see it? I clicked on Problems in Dyad and concluded that it has found errors in files that were deleted and also out of date

It's a mystery, so no, it is not as simple as you suggested.