During the initial spacemacs setup where a completion framework is selected (helm or ivy), packages are installed by default. In the past and at present, a bug exists in one of these packages, removing auto-completion functionality.
My question is: How do I scale back the bugged package version in spacemacs so that this functionality returns? I'm aware a similar question exists for vanilla emacs but I want to make sure I haven't missed any nuances that might exist in spacemacs.
Clone package repo (package url ends with .git):
git clone https://github.com/<user>/<package-name>.git
Checkout to older version, before bug. Check for older commit:
cd /path/to/cloned/package
git log
Checkout:
git checkout <commit hash>
Copy older package version to local elpa location (package-directory will contain a date in the string):
/bin/cp -f /path/to/cloned/package/* /path/to/.emacs.d/elpa/<package-directory>/
Remove compiled files:
rm -f path/to/.emacs.d/elpa/<package-directory>/*.elc
Open up emacs, check for absence of package bug:
emacs