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--- git_show [2018/05/24 12:56] – [Overview] rpjday
+++ git_show [2019/02/24 08:17] (current) – [Showing the staged version of a file] rpjday
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   * blobs
-We'll restrict ourselves to showing just commits and files.
+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 =====
@@ Line 93: / Line 93: @@
 </code>
-===== Showing a file =====
+===== Showing files =====
-==== Showing some version of a root directory file ====
+==== The general form ====
-Regardless of your current working directory, show relative to the root of the repository:
+<code>
+$ git show <commit>:<filename>
+</code>
+==== Showing some historical version of a file ====
+Regardless of your current working directory, //show relative to the root of the repository//:
 <code>
@@ Line 103: / Line 108: @@
 $ 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>