# how to avoid full rebuild after switching between commits?
**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-avoid-full-rebuild-after-switching-between-commits/16123
**Category:** Development
**Created:** [February 7, 2025, 1:29am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-avoid-full-rebuild-after-switching-between-commits/16123 "2025-02-07T01:29:11Z")
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### Author:  [@joint](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/joint)
#### Post date: [February 7, 2025, 1:29am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-avoid-full-rebuild-after-switching-between-commits/16123/1 "2025-02-07T01:29:11Z")
Hello
I use ParaView build from source with VisualStudio + CMake, opened as folder, not as a project
Somehow, the project is completely rebuild after I switch between commits which only pertain to my custom plugin.
Did not get why it is so and how to disable it.
Any help would be greately appreciated
Thanks
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### Author:  [@ben.boeckel](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/ben.boeckel)
#### Post date: [February 7, 2025, 8:17am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-avoid-full-rebuild-after-switching-between-commits/16123/2 "2025-02-07T08:17:03Z")
Could you get the output of `ninja -d explain` when this happens to see what files `ninja` thinks changed such that everything needs rebuilt?
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### Author:  [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [February 7, 2025, 8:21am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-avoid-full-rebuild-after-switching-between-commits/16123/3 "2025-02-07T08:21:45Z")
I think the sarting point is to use ninja instead of visual studio.
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### Author:  [@todoooo](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/todoooo)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2025, 2:33am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-avoid-full-rebuild-after-switching-between-commits/16123/4 "2025-02-09T02:33:44Z")
Why don’t you open Paraview as a project?