EGit - "Replace With Commit..." doesn't work as excepted

Question

I'm using EGit with Eclipse Indigo SR 2 Build 20120216-1857.

Almost everything works well, except the Replace With -> Commit... function. In fact it works, but doesn't restore the project exactly like it was because it left the new files that I added since.

It looks like it does a kind of a mix between current HEAD and the commit I choose to restore. What I really want is to replace the content of my project with a previous commit like it does when you switch between branches.

Is there any solution ? And does anyone knows if the lastest version of Eclipse provide a fully working version of EGit ?

Or am I misunderstanding this feature ?

Answer 1

@VonC pointed me towards one solution but that's not really what I want.

I tried the Reset command but first, I had to tag the commit to be able to choose it. Then it changes the whole master branch and canceled the next commits. In fact I don't want to change any branch or to delete any commits, I just want to be able to return to a previous one to see the whole code and eventually run it.

Finally I could have it to work using Checkout on the commit. To see all the commits : Right click on your project -> Show In -> History

It will not modify any branch your were working on but just replace the content of your project by the one the commit has saved.