You can manually clone a dolt database from its git remote when bd bootstrap or bd init won’t cooperate.

1. bd dolt stop: stop the server in the git repo you’re restoring so you can operate on its database
2. cd ~/.beads/shared-server/dolt: go to the shared dolt server (it’s .beads/dolt/beads otherwise, I think)
3. rm -rf <prefix>: remove the DB if it exists already
4. dolt clone git+ssh://[email protected]/user/repo.git <prefix>: clone it to your prefix
5. cd - && bd ready: see if you can see the listing

I don’t know why my local just refused with bd bootstrap but this allowed me to fix it manually.