leapingleon
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VSS: Rollback to a previous date
Hi there
Is it possible to rollback VSS to a certain date? Basically what I want to do is rollback a project to a certain date, say 01/01/2008. And what I want is all the project files that were current on that date.
Thanks
Leon
Is it possible to rollback VSS to a certain date? Basically what I want to do is rollback a project to a certain date, say 01/01/2008. And what I want is all the project files that were current on that date.
Thanks
Leon
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Sorry, still new to VSS so not too clued up on it. The previous web developer left, and I am trying to figure all this stuf out.
I think they are labelled with the version number, but think the same problem you mentioned will occur as they are only labelled once a new version went live.
Is there anyway I can check for this tag you are talking about?
I think they are labelled with the version number, but think the same problem you mentioned will occur as they are only labelled once a new version went live.
Is there anyway I can check for this tag you are talking about?
Tags should be visible in the history. Right click and view history
tags are called labels in VSS
ASKER
Hey there
Firstly, my version of VSS is very old and I cant seem to find the Rollback option in the View History dialog box. Dont know if it is a new version or what.
Secondly, I think my wording in the question was a bit wrong. I dont want to lose any of the changes in VSS, all I want to do is get a version at a certain date. Bascially what happened is that the previous developer started re-coding our site with drastic changes, giving it a complete overhaul. He checked these newer version into VSS over the older version. However, the older version is still the live and current version and I need to make a few small changes to it. I cant do a get latest version as it is the one that is currently being re-built, I need to get a version of the older one.
Makes sense?
Firstly, my version of VSS is very old and I cant seem to find the Rollback option in the View History dialog box. Dont know if it is a new version or what.
Secondly, I think my wording in the question was a bit wrong. I dont want to lose any of the changes in VSS, all I want to do is get a version at a certain date. Bascially what happened is that the previous developer started re-coding our site with drastic changes, giving it a complete overhaul. He checked these newer version into VSS over the older version. However, the older version is still the live and current version and I need to make a few small changes to it. I cant do a get latest version as it is the one that is currently being re-built, I need to get a version of the older one.
Makes sense?
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Thanks
Files could have had multiple versions on the same date. Did you create a tag for the repository state to which you wish to rollback?
Regards,
sunnycoder