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Copy a specific version of a public document (other than "main")?
As someone who has occasionally been accused of being a mild poweruser of git (in a software development context), this would seem to me to be somewhere between obviously necessary, and trivial to enact (since I believe I was told at one point that onshape actually uses git under the hood? Is that still accurate?).
[Non-exhaustive] example use case: Let's say that someone wanted to fork their own new branch based upon an early version of a public document, or perhaps from a version on an alternate branch that was never resolved/merged. (This seems self-explanatory to me, but I guess let me know if that's unclear in any meaningful way?)
It is always entirely possible that I've just completely failed see the functionality right in front of me (if so, I sincerely apologize), but for the life of me I can't seem to figure out how to "make a copy" of anything other than a document's "main" node, and none of my search terms found anything relevant in the forum, either.
(Potential deeper side question, to any venerated haruspices that have studied the intricate innards of version control as implemented in onshape: Why doesn't "make a copy" just bring all the history with it, similar to fetching from a remote git repository? Is there some reason why this would be undesirable? Personally, I can't think of any...)
Help please? (Or at least confirm that it's not possible, so I can at least know I'm not crazy...? Well, for that reason, I mean.) Many thanks in advance.
[Non-exhaustive] example use case: Let's say that someone wanted to fork their own new branch based upon an early version of a public document, or perhaps from a version on an alternate branch that was never resolved/merged. (This seems self-explanatory to me, but I guess let me know if that's unclear in any meaningful way?)
It is always entirely possible that I've just completely failed see the functionality right in front of me (if so, I sincerely apologize), but for the life of me I can't seem to figure out how to "make a copy" of anything other than a document's "main" node, and none of my search terms found anything relevant in the forum, either.
(Potential deeper side question, to any venerated haruspices that have studied the intricate innards of version control as implemented in onshape: Why doesn't "make a copy" just bring all the history with it, similar to fetching from a remote git repository? Is there some reason why this would be undesirable? Personally, I can't think of any...)
Help please? (Or at least confirm that it's not possible, so I can at least know I'm not crazy...? Well, for that reason, I mean.) Many thanks in advance.
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MichaelPascoe
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It is possible to copy a version of a document. While viewing the version, select the document options at the top left > Copy version
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It is possible to copy a version of a document. While viewing the version, select the document options at the top left > Copy version
Learn more about the Gospel of Christ ( Here )
CADSharp - We make custom features and integrated Onshape apps! Learn How to FeatureScript Here 🔴