Can you create a backup of data during deployment?

[Christian Anderson]

Does illuminated Cloud offer a way to create a backup of the data before you deploy and overwrite it?  For example, in eclipse Force.com IDE you could save a backup of your data before deployment.  This saved me several times when I needed to quickly revert a file back to the previous version.  I know source control should be the primary way, but this isn't always the case when deploying out to test or other dev environments.

[Scott]

Christian, IC doesn't have an option to retrieve/backup the current metadata automatically before deploying replacing metadata.  You can certainly do this manually by performing a retrieve first and archiving the resulting temp directory, but I understand that you're asking about a more automated safety net.  Feel free to log an enhancement request in the public issue tracker for a deployment configuration option.

Oh, and I don't know if it might help, but IntelliJ IDEA (and therefore IC) does have a Local History feature that has saved my butt more than a few times!  If you're collaborating with others in a shared org and are primarily worried about being able to roll back to a previous state that wasn't under your control, Local History won't help, but if you're basically wanting to revert to a previous state of your own code, it's an invaluable feature.

Regards,

Scott

[christian...@gpj.com]

Thanks Scott.  Yes, the Local History in IntelliJ IDEA is very helpful and has saved me in the past too.  I actually forgot about using it in this scenario and should work fine for most cases.  I went ahead and logged an enhancement request as well.

https://bitbucket.org/RoseSilverSoftware/illuminatedcloud/issues/294/add-archive-option-to-save-a-snapshot-of

Thanks again for all your work.  Loving Illuminated Cloud.

[Scott]

Thanks, Christian.  I'll prioritize it during my next backlog grooming session.

Regards,

Scott