is it possible to use a zip install of comfy, then link it to the repo though git?

[BestofthebestinAI]

Custom Node Testing

• I have tried disabling custom nodes and the issue persists (see how to disable custom nodes if you need help)

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I want to be able to go back to the specific version from before the commits of 14 oct, so the version at (Commits on Oct 13, 2025), "3dfdcf66b643b6c191743d3b30fd8198ce690f2d" for example.
But I don't want to install it from scratch with git clone the pip install -r req etc
Instead I would like to install it with the ZIP file, extract it,
and ONLY THEN try to go back or next to the Oct 13, 2025 version.
Is that theoretically possible?

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[christian-byrne]

Can you try going to that commit in the GitHub UI, then click the download button?

[BestofthebestinAI]

Where for example here?

[christian-byrne]

https://github.com/comfyanonymous/ComfyUI/archive/7a88384.zip

[BestofthebestinAI]

https://github.com/comfyanonymous/ComfyUI/archive/7a88384.zip

I actually wan to try everyone of the commits (I am investigating a possible major bug affecting torch compile or sage or something)
I think i can use the git provided by the zip then do :
git checkout 19b4661 or some other commits
and it would do what i wanted (start from release zip and move though the commits thought the git command), hopefully it works

[christian-byrne]

Yeah that seems like it would work. Just using git for that would be very convenient though.