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KeyError on flask db upgrade

I successfully deployed a project with git clone & flask db upgrade. Project ran correctly. I made code changes locally, and pushed them to github and pulled to pythonanywhere successfully. Then I added a column in my local version, pushed it to github and did a git pull. Flask db upgrade worked correctly on local. When I try to do a flask db upgrade in pythonanywhere bash, I get error: KeyError: <flask.cli.ScriptInfo object at 0x7f1a3ae26e10> Any suggestions?
Stacktrace:

(aents) 16:06 ~/aents (master)$ flask db upgrade                                                                                                 
Traceback (most recent call last):                                                                                                               
  File "/home/charleymays/.virtualenvs/aents/bin/flask", line 8, in <module>                                                                     
    sys.exit(main())                                                                                                                             
  File "/home/charleymays/.virtualenvs/aents/lib/python3.7/site-packages/flask/cli.py", line 966, in main                                        
    cli.main(prog_name="python -m flask" if as_module else None)                                                                                 
  File "/home/charleymays/.virtualenvs/aents/lib/python3.7/site-packages/flask/cli.py", line 586, in main                                        
    return super(FlaskGroup, self).main(*args, **kwargs)                                                                                         
  File "/home/charleymays/.virtualenvs/aents/lib/python3.7/site-packages/click/core.py", line 717, in main                                       
    rv = self.invoke(ctx)                                                                                                                        
  File "/home/charleymays/.virtualenvs/aents/lib/python3.7/site-packages/click/core.py", line 1137, in invoke                                    
    return _process_result(sub_ctx.command.invoke(sub_ctx))                                                                                      
  File "/home/charleymays/.virtualenvs/aents/lib/python3.7/site-packages/click/core.py", line 1137, in invoke                                    
    return _process_result(sub_ctx.command.invoke(sub_ctx))                                                                                      
  File "/home/charleymays/.virtualenvs/aents/lib/python3.7/site-packages/click/core.py", line 956, in invoke                                     
    return ctx.invoke(self.callback, **ctx.params)                                                                                               
  File "/home/charleymays/.virtualenvs/aents/lib/python3.7/site-packages/click/core.py", line 555, in invoke                                     
    return callback(*args, **kwargs)                                                                                                             
  File "/home/charleymays/.virtualenvs/aents/lib/python3.7/site-packages/click/decorators.py", line 17, in new_func                              
    return f(get_current_context(), *args, **kwargs)                                                                                             
  File "/home/charleymays/.virtualenvs/aents/lib/python3.7/site-packages/flask/cli.py", line 425, in decorator                                   
    with __ctx.ensure_object(ScriptInfo).load_app().app_context():                                                                               
  File "/home/charleymays/.virtualenvs/aents/lib/python3.7/site-packages/flask/cli.py", line 392, in load_app                                    
    app = locate_app(self, import_name, None, raise_if_not_found=False)                                                                          
  File "/home/charleymays/.virtualenvs/aents/lib/python3.7/site-packages/flask/cli.py", line 257, in locate_app                                  
    return find_best_app(script_info, module)                                                                                                    
  File "/home/charleymays/.virtualenvs/aents/lib/python3.7/site-packages/flask/cli.py", line 83, in find_best_app                                
    app = call_factory(script_info, app_factory)                                                                                                 
  File "/home/charleymays/.virtualenvs/aents/lib/python3.7/site-packages/flask/cli.py", line 117, in call_factory                                
    return app_factory(script_info)                                                                                                              
  File "/home/charleymays/aents/app/__init__.py", line 28, in create_app                                                                         
    app.config.from_object(app_config[config_name])                                                                                              
KeyError: <flask.cli.ScriptInfo object at 0x7f1a3ae26e10>                                                                                        
(aents) 16:06 ~/aents (master)$

[edited by admin: formatting]

Have you exported the FLASK_APP environment variable? https://flask.palletsprojects.com/en/1.1.x/cli/

Thanks! That lead me to the problem.

Excellent, glad we could help :-)