> 彼女は私と一緒にいればよかった

Does it mean

  * _I wish she was with me (right now)_ , or
  * _I wish she had been with me (in the past)_?
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grammar tense conditionals
Does 彼女は私と一緒にいればよかった mean wish she WAS with me or wish she HAD been with me?
It depends on context whether the た of wishes is present or past. So we can't
determine which your sentence is.

For example:

> _この_ 景色を彼女と一緒に見られれば **よかった** 。
>
> I wish I could see this scenery with her ( _now_ ).

* * *

> _あの時_ 彼女と一緒にいられれば **よかった** 。
>
> I wish I could have been with her _at that time_.
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You might not believe this, but the sentence:

> 「彼女 **は** 私と一緒にいればよかった。」

means **_neither_** of the two things you listed. Instead, it means something
completely different. It means:

> "She was happy/good if she was with me."

In other words, it means:

> "All she asked was to be with me."

If your sentence had used 「彼女 **が** 」 instead of 「彼女 **は** 」, I would have
answered this question in a totally different way. I, however, should not be
answering a question you did not ask, so I will stop here.
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