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+const { waitForDb } = require('../app/src/infrastructure/mongodb')
+const ProjectEntityRestoreHandler = require('../app/src/Features/Project/ProjectEntityRestoreHandler')
+const ProjectEntityHandler = require('../app/src/Features/Project/ProjectEntityHandler')
+const DocstoreManager = require('../app/src/Features/Docstore/DocstoreManager')
+
+const ARGV = process.argv.slice(2)
+const DEVELOPER_USER_ID = ARGV.shift()
+const PROJECT_ID = ARGV.shift()
+const DOC_IDS_TO_RESTORE = ARGV
+
+async function main() {
+  const allDocs = await DocstoreManager.promises.getAllDocs(PROJECT_ID)
+  const docsToRestore = allDocs.filter(doc =>
+    DOC_IDS_TO_RESTORE.includes(doc._id)
+  )
+
+  const docPaths =
+    await ProjectEntityHandler.promises.getAllDocPathsFromProjectById(
+      PROJECT_ID
+    )
+
+  for (const orphanedDoc of docsToRestore) {
+    console.log('Restoring doc: ', orphanedDoc._id)
+    if (docPaths[orphanedDoc._id]) {
+      console.log(`Doc already exists, skipping ${docPaths[orphanedDoc._id]}`)
+      continue
+    }
+    const newDoc = await ProjectEntityRestoreHandler.promises.restoreDeletedDoc(
+      PROJECT_ID,
+      orphanedDoc._id,
+      `restored-${orphanedDoc._id}-rev-${orphanedDoc.rev}.tex`,
+      DEVELOPER_USER_ID
+    )
+    console.log(newDoc)
+  }
+}
+
+waitForDb()
+  .then(main)
+  .then(() => {
+    process.exit(0)
+  })
+  .catch(error => {
+    console.error(error)
+    process.exit(1)
+  })