Manage version history

Manage version history in Figma — with the four heights of help laid out: do it now, make it easier for the next person to accept, work out the right move when you are stuck, and learn the pattern so it stops coming back.

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The four heights

The same task, four distances: today's deadline, the next reviewer, the stuck moment, the pattern.

Execute — do the immediate task

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Restore the version from last Thursday at 4pm and make it the current working file. Before…
Restore the version from last Thursday at 4pm and make it the current working file. Before replacing anything, export a PDF of the most recent changes and save a copy of the latest branch named 'post‑review' for legal. Notify Priya in product and Sam in QA that the file has been restored and ask them to recheck the updated flows by Friday end of day.

Improve — make it easier to accept

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Before I pick a version to restore, make it easy to compare candidates. Show the last five major…
Before I pick a version to restore, make it easy to compare candidates. Show the last five major saves with who made them, the top three artboards changed in each, and a one‑line summary of why they were changed. Highlight any commits that removed assets or modified tokens so I can avoid restoring a bad state.

Decide — diagnose the stuck moment

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I accidentally pushed an iteration that removed the new button states and three assets. Product…

Accidentally published a bad iteration

I accidentally pushed an iteration that removed the new button states and three assets. Product flagged it and the team wants the previous version, but I’m not sure which save includes the exact fixes from yesterday’s review. Restoring the wrong version will reintroduce bugs. What’s the quickest way to identify the correct prior version and safely restore it without losing today’s unrelated edits?

Become — change the pattern

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Every time we try to roll back changes, we spend hours reconstructing which save had the right mix…

Version rollbacks disrupt progress every release

Every time we try to roll back changes, we spend hours reconstructing which save had the right mix of fixes and new work. That creates friction with engineering and makes me babysit versions instead of designing. What process and naming habits should I adopt so version history is reliable and rollbacks take minutes, not days?

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