This is the same issue as https://www.drupal.org/node/1252178 for D8. This request is not simply in order to bring us in feature parity with D8 - it's been mentioned in various issues like #189, #214, #801 and latest in #988. It was listed in #211 but dropped as N/A back then. Reconsider?
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@yorkshirepudding, In the end I fixed it by deleting the config/active folder contents, copying the config/staging/ files into config/active, importing the database again and clearing the caches...
Importing the staged config throws an error: another field with the same name already exists
Thanks, I have to go out now, I will try later on and report back
Importing the staged config throws an error: another field with the same name already exists
Hi Francis. Yes, what config do you have in staging for it? You might have configs like: field.field.field_video_embed field.instance.node.page....
Importing the staged config throws an error: another field with the same name already exists