How do I pull a specifc commit in SmartGit and overwrite the local file so that I can open the previous commit in PyCharm?

Question

As the title says, I need to pull a specific commit using SmartGit and overwrite the local file so that I can open the previous specific commit in PyCharm. Google didn't help me out much.

Does anyone know how to do this?

Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

Try checking out the desired commit as a new (local) branch - see http://www.syntevo.com/smartgit/documentation/6.5/show?page=commands-branch#checkout

Specifically, under "Checking Out Commits" it says

On the Log window, select the commit to switch to and then select Check Out from its context menu.

At the command line this is the equivalent of

$ git checkout -b newbranch <SHA of desired commit>