---
title: "Stage a historical template project tree"
method: POST
path: "/v1/templates/{id}/workspace/restore"
tags: ["Templates"]
---

# Stage a historical template project tree

`POST /v1/templates/{id}/workspace/restore`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.samva.dev`
- URL: `https://api.samva.dev/v1/templates/{id}/workspace/restore`
- Auth: API key in header `x-api-key`

Builds the template entry before atomically staging a reachable historical commit and its emitted source; a later Save appends a new commit without rewriting branch history.

## Path parameters

- `id` string, required

## Request body

- object
  - `expectedRevision` string, required
  - `commit` string, required
  - `idempotencyKey` string, required

## Response `200`

Success

- object
  - `view` object, required
    - `workspace` object, required
      - `projectId` string, required
      - `organizationId` string, required
      - `ownerEpoch` integer, required
      - `repositoryName` string, required
      - `defaultBranch` string, required
      - `baseCommit` string, required
      - `remoteHead` string, required
      - `pendingRemoteHead` string, nullable, required
      - `revision` string, required
      - `overlay` object, required
      - `assetChanges` object[], required
        - `path` string, required
        - `status` 'added' | 'modified' | 'deleted', required
      - `conflicts` object[], required
        - `path` string, required
        - `base` string, nullable, required
        - `draft` string, nullable, required
        - `main` string, nullable, required
      - `provenance` object, required
        - `references` object[], required
          - `kind` string, required
          - `digest` string, required
          - `locator` string
      - `mounts` union[], required
        - union
          - object
            - `kind` 'project', required
            - `root` '/project', required
            - `access` 'read-write', required
          - object
            - `root` string, required
            - `digest` string, required
            - `fileCount` integer, required
            - `byteSize` integer, required
            - `kind` 'started-from', required
            - `access` 'read-only', required
            - `templateId` string, required
            - `slug` string, required
            - `name` string, required
          - object
            - `root` string, required
            - `digest` string, required
            - `fileCount` integer, required
            - `byteSize` integer, required
            - `kind` 'resource', required
            - `access` 'read-only', required
            - `resourceId` string, required
            - `name` string, required
          - object
            - `root` string, required
            - `digest` string, required
            - `fileCount` integer, required
            - `byteSize` integer, required
            - `kind` 'library-template', required
            - `access` 'read-only', required
            - `templateId` string, required
            - `slug` string, required
            - `name` string, required
      - `libraryManifestDigest` string, required
      - `createdAt` string, required
      - `updatedAt` string, required
      - `createdBy` object, required
        - `userId` string, required
        - `via` 'api' | 'mcp' | 'agent', required
      - `updatedBy` object, required
        - `userId` string, required
        - `via` 'api' | 'mcp' | 'agent', required
    - `files` object, required
  - `source` object, required
    - `digest` string, required
    - `content` string, required

## Other responses

- `401`: UnauthorizedError
- `403`: ForbiddenError
- `404`: ResourceNotFoundError
- `409`: ConflictError
- `422`: ValidationError
- `500`: InternalError
- `504`: GatewayTimeoutError

---

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