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Bug 337285 - Should be able to replace a file / folder / project with a particular commit without moving HEAD
Summary: Should be able to replace a file / folder / project with a particular commit ...
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 326638
Alias: None
Product: EGit
Classification: Technology
Component: UI (show other bugs)
Version: 0.11   Edit
Hardware: PC Linux-GTK
: P3 enhancement (vote)
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Reported: 2011-02-16 04:35 EST by James Blackburn CLA
Modified: 2012-10-20 17:56 EDT (History)
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Description James Blackburn CLA 2011-02-16 04:35:07 EST 
There's no support for replacing the contents of a file with the contents in another branch / tag / commit without also moving the HEAD.  The equivalent of git checkout -- <paths> 

Like CVS there could be a "Get Contents" action in the history view, and also hang off of context menu > Replace With > Commit / Tag.

The term checkout is overloaded in cgit and it would be good if the UI made the distinction between moving HEAD and just replacing file contents.
Comment 1 Stefan Lay CLA 2011-02-21 09:27:36 EST 
First Step "Replace With HEAD" is in review: http://egit.eclipse.org/r/#change,2415
Comment 2 Robin Stocker CLA 2012-10-20 17:56:15 EDT 
This has been fixed for some time, see bug 326638.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 326638 ***