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The following guide shows how to restore an individual file from a snapshot.
Similar to reverting an instance,
using a snapshot to restore a single file is a destructive operation. Use this
feature carefully. For a detailed description of snapshot limitations,
see Snapshot feature limitations.
gcloud CLI
To restore a file to a previous state that's captured in a snapshot, run the
following command from a client VM that has the instance mounted:
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