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Over shaping sourdough

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Iliya

Over shaping sourdough

Hi all I need some help. I had been hand shaping my dough before proofing and while not perfect it worked, however i went out and bought a bench scraper and i think i got too excited and over shaped my boule until it fell apart i started to see cracks in dough ... So my question is is that what happened did i over shape and the other thing is there anything i can do to fix it .. I just put the dough back into my bulk rise container and did some stretch and folds and i plan to leave it for a few hours to see if it will develop some stucture again .. Think that will work ? Or i should just toss it ?