Give to user ability to change metadata type for retrieve from server

[Sergey Trusov]

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[Scott Wells]

Sergey, do you mind providing more details on this issue?

[Sergey Trusov]

I want have ability retrieve only current file or particular type (ApexClass) or some particular types, because retrieve all metadata in some project take a long time, but I need only 1 class.

[Scott Wells]

Ah, okay. So let me echo back my understanding of what you're requesting to make sure it's correct. You're basically saying that in addition to the module-level metadata selection which may cover a large amount of metadata, you'd also like the ability to perform ad hoc metadata retrieval on a small subset such as refreshing one or more particular Apex classes(/triggers/pages/objects/etc.) from the server or just pulling fetching only the layouts, all without having to modify the configured metadata selection for that module. Does that sound correct?

[Sergey Trusov]

Yes, it is correct.

[Scott Wells]

Great! I'll think about this a bit and once I have thoughts on how I might support this, I'll share them with you for feedback. Thanks!

[Scott Wells]

Merging this into issue 83 as they address the same issue (ad hoc selection of metadata for deployment/retrieval).