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gel restore​

Restore a Gel branch from a backup file.

gel restore [options] path

Description​

gel restore is a terminal command used to restore a Gel branch branch from a backup file. The backup is restored to the currently active branch.

The backup cannot be restored to a branch with any existing schema. As a result, you should restore to one of these targets:

  • a new empty branch which can be created using gel branch create with the --empty option

  • a new empty branch if your instance is running EdgeDB versions prior to 5

  • an existing branch that has been wiped with the appropriate wipe command (either gel branch wipe or gel database wipe; note that this will destroy all data and schema currently in that branch/database)

Options​

The restore command restores the backup file into the active branch. For specifying the connection target see connection options.

path

The name of the backup file to restore the branch from.

--all

Restore all branches and the server configuration using the directory specified by the path.

-v, --verbose

Verbose output.