Reply not working on past (clone) messages during live mode

[ariadarkkkis]

Hi, I cloned a private channel that I'm not an admin to another private channel that I created. The problem I have is that in tgcf live if the source channel replies to an older message (before I runtgcf in live mode), it won't detect that this message was replied to. I already cloned the channel and already have that message in the destination channel ( I'm assuming even with same messageId ), but in live mode, it only replies to messages that have been sent and replied during the live mode.

Example: The Source channel has 6 messages. I used tgcf past to clone 3 messages to the destination channel. Then I ran tgcf live to listen and copy messages. Then the source channel replies to its first message ( which is in the destination channel already ) but tgcf won't send the message as replied. it simply just copy and paste it. But if the source channel replies to message 5 (which has been sent to the destination channel during live mode), it will correctly detect the replied message and send the message in the destination channel as a reply to message 5.

[tissole]

It's not a bug. The live mode doesn't know what was forwarded in the past mode. The msgs are modified only when sent in live mode. See #179 and #232

[ariadarkkkis]

@tissole is there a way to make it forward messages from past mode? I think maybe store some data in database and check if it is a reply to older messages, reply to it. Live mode works fine. If you have any idea to make it work on past messages, share please. Because the server might restart (for any reason) or the service may need a restart in some cases and live mode will reset aswell. This bot is really awesome and does everything I expect from it, except replying to messages from past mode.

[tissole]

Currently no, you have to manually forward them or use past mode. But there is a plan for implementing a database that will solve this issue.