Xcode Git integration destroyed my git local repository

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wasintw OP

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This is using Xcode 16.2 (16C5032a), MacOS 15.2, on MacbookPro 16 M1 Pro.

I have two repositories, one for an application and another one for a framework. The repository framework is integrated into the application one as git submodule.

I was going to push the submodule to Github using Xcode git integration. It detects some conflicts and ask to pull. I pull. A window appears with some conflicting files (5 or 6). Review them. While reviewing something in Xcode crashed, but as Xcode was still up and running, ignored the crash. Decided to cancel the conflicts window and inspect my local files. Pull again but this time I decided to pull both repos. Review the conflicting changes and decided to cancel again to continue by hand in a terminal.

Then, I notice that the project for the submodule is in red and that the "Changes" tab shows a bunch of files with and admiration mark. I go to the submodule folder in Finder and... everything inside the submodule folder was gone, disappeared, lost... everything, even the ".git" folder (only remained a binary folder for a component I use for the framework but is empty).

I decided to run a recovery tool. It finds nothing to recover inside that folder, nothing. A lot of files even from years ago but nothing inside that folder? how is that possible?

I filled a Feedback assistant issue: FB16307182

Could it be possible that Xcode "moved" everything to another place (I'm desperate so I'm starting to think in absurd explanations)

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wasintw OP

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I'm giving up, this is a complete non-sense. I've tried:

looking for as root and from root a specific file that was there in the folder: sh-3.2# find / -name "displacement.metal" 2> /dev/null. Nothing.
Tried another recovery tool launched from an external drive to possibly not overwrite deleted content in my local disk. Nothing
Had a look at if there was an APFS snapshot but I don't have any.

This doesn't make sense at all. Even in the case that I've deleted that content manually, it would appear in the recovery tools.

I have no clue how is it possible that something on disk can disappear without a trace. I've never seen anything by any means similar to this, never.

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