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icon6.gif  How to view an old version of a non-text file? [message #1077896] Fri, 02 August 2013 09:31 Go to next message
Marcus Warm is currently offline Marcus WarmFriend
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hi

how can I open an old version of an Excel file? For old Java files it's no problem. But for Excel file it's necessary to open them outside of Eclipse using Excel.

I select the old commit in the history view. In the lower right corner the files of that commit are displayed. But there is no Open With > System Editor option in the context menu.

Is there another way to do this with EGit?
Is there any workaround? (e.g. using command line ... how?)

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Marcus Cool
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Re: How to view an old version of a non-text file? [message #1078049 is a reply to message #1077896] Fri, 02 August 2013 13:22 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Marcus Warm is currently offline Marcus WarmFriend
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hi

I've found a workaround. It's possible to checkout the commit. (right click on commit in history view and then say Checkout) Eclipse says that it's in detached HEAD state. Then it's possible in the package explorer view to open the old version Excel file with Excel.
After that I can switch back to the branch in the Git Repositories view.

Marcus


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Re: How to view an old version of a non-text file? [message #1078088 is a reply to message #1078049] Fri, 02 August 2013 14:23 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Stefan Lay is currently offline Stefan LayFriend
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Hi Marcus,

another idea could be to only check out the old version of this file. In EGit it is unfortunately not called checkout, but you can find it in the context menu under Team > Replace With > Commit...

Afterwards you could open it with Open With > System Editor

Stefan
Re: How to view an old version of a non-text file? [message #1078095 is a reply to message #1078088] Fri, 02 August 2013 14:34 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Marcus Warm is currently offline Marcus WarmFriend
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Thanks Stefan. I should also have to be able to figure that out myself.

But I think it's also a workaround. A "Open with" command in the History view would be the best solution. In CVS it was called 'Get contents'.


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Re: How to view an old version of a non-text file? [message #1078099 is a reply to message #1078095] Fri, 02 August 2013 14:36 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Stefan Lay is currently offline Stefan LayFriend
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Re: How to view an old version of a non-text file? [message #1078114 is a reply to message #1078099] Fri, 02 August 2013 14:58 Go to previous message
Marcus Warm is currently offline Marcus WarmFriend
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I filed a new bug; see https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=414309

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