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When a component stores Git commits in a plain folder, it can use another plain component's commit history, allowing for template creation and shared code execution — an alternative to collections, which require self-contained repositories.

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title STEP 1: On the component card, edit the Commit to open the options.
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For Plain Folder components, the commit window will display:

1. Full Commits: This contains a full list of commits across the entire Iguana instance and all of its components.

2. Relevant Commits: This contains a list of all of the commits of the current component.

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• Choose a commit and click confirm.

• Click the green arrow to save your commit selection.

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title STEP 2: In the second box, enter the component id of another component you want to use a commit from
Start typing in a component name or use the list to choose the Component ID to use to run the component from. Image Removed Open the Select a Commit window to view the available commits to choose from. Image Removed
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title STEP 3: Choose a commit to run your component from
Select Commit window, choose a component, check update, and choose a commit
In the Select a Commit window: Choose a Component to view it’s commit history. Check the option to Update component to run from the selected component. Choose a commit from the selected component’s commit history to run your component. Click confirm once you’ve made your selection. Image Added

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title STEP 3: Click Save your selected commit and click View Commit to review the commit selected to run the componentscript.
You will now see the selected commit Id and the component guid on your component card. Click the green check mark to save the changes. Image Added Use View Commit to verify the selected commit in read-only mode. For example, the commit for a “CSV-to-JSON” component is being used to run the “Custom - Plain” componentPlain Component”. Info The component's project is not overwritten. Iguana uses the run directory to store the selected commit and execute the component. Image RemovedImage RemovedImage AddedImage Added