This article discusses a strategy to return existing files to an earlier version.
1) Check out the folder involved.
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2) Identify the version of the folder you want or the label you want and Get it to a location other than your working folder..
- a. Folder Version
- i. For folder version, use Show History, but select the option to View folder history by version.
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ii. You can find the folder version you need through the detailed comments, or you can view the tree to see what is included in that folder version.
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iii. Select the folder version you want to “rollback” to and click Get Tree. Notice that there is a date and time stamp on each one as well, so if you need a set date, get the version that has the date you need. Make sure you choose some other location to get to than the working folder.
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b. Label Version
- i. Perform a Show labels at the folder level.
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ii. Perform a Get.
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iii. Set the location to get to be some other location besides the working folder.
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3) Once the Get is complete, you will copy the items in the new location to the working folder and allow them to overwrite it.
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4) Make sure you allow it to overwrite.
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5) Return to Fortress and check in your changes.
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6) The previous folder or label version is now checked in as the latest version.
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7) The latest version is now the equivalent as that previous point in time. The history is still intact in case you decide you need the files that were overwritten.