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--- git_show [2018/02/07 16:17] – [Showing a file in the current directory] rpjday
+++ git_show [2019/02/24 08:17] (current) – [Showing the staged version of a file] rpjday
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 ===== Overview =====
-The ''git show'' command has a number of interesting variations.
+The ''git show'' command can show various types of objects in various formats:
+  * commits
+  * trees
+  * tags
+  * blobs
+In addition, ''git show'' is used to show the state of repository contents as of a given commit, or even as it is in the index at the moment.
 ===== Showing a commit =====
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 </code>
-===== Showing a file =====
+==== Extremely concise ====
-==== Showing some version of a root directory file ====
+<code>
+$ git show --oneline
+d8ffc96464 (HEAD) Merge tag 'mmc-v4.14' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ulfh/mmc
+$
+</code>
+===== Showing files =====
+==== The general form ====
+<code>
+$ git show <commit>:<filename>
+</code>
+==== Showing some historical version of a file ====
-Regardless of your current working directory:
+Regardless of your current working directory, //show relative to the root of the repository//:
 <code>
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 $ git show master:Makefile
 $ git show topic:Makefile
-$ git show v4.12:Makefile
+$ git show v4.19:Makefile
+$ git show 2241b8bcf2b5f1b01ebb1cbd1231bbbb72230064:Makefile
 </code>
 ==== Showing a file in the current directory ====
+You need to use the ''./'' syntax:
 <code>
+$ cd scripts/
 $ git show HEAD:./Makefile
-$ git show v4.12:./Makefile
+$ git show v4.19:./Makefile
 </code>
 ==== Showing the staged version of a file ====
+If you leave off the commit part, you're referring to the state of the file in the index:
 <code>