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git_show [2019/02/24 08:10] – [Showing files and directories] rpjdaygit_show [2019/02/24 08:17] (current) – [Showing the staged version of a file] rpjday
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 </code> </code>
  
-===== Showing files and directories =====+===== Showing files =====
  
 ==== The general form ==== ==== The general form ====
  
 <code> <code>
-$ git show <commit>:<pathspec>+$ git show <commit>:<filename>
 </code> </code>
-==== Showing some version of a root directory file ====+==== Showing some historical version of a file ====
  
-Regardless of your current working directory, show relative to the root of the repository:+Regardless of your current working directory, //show relative to the root of the repository//:
  
 <code> <code>
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 $ git show master:Makefile $ git show master:Makefile
 $ git show topic:Makefile $ git show topic:Makefile
-$ git show v4.12:Makefile+$ git show v4.19:Makefile 
 +$ git show 2241b8bcf2b5f1b01ebb1cbd1231bbbb72230064:Makefile
 </code> </code>
  
 ==== Showing a file in the current directory ==== ==== Showing a file in the current directory ====
 +
 +You need to use the ''./'' syntax:
  
 <code> <code>
 +$ cd scripts/
 $ git show HEAD:./Makefile $ git show HEAD:./Makefile
-$ git show v4.12:./Makefile+$ git show v4.19:./Makefile
 </code> </code>
  
 ==== Showing the staged version of a file ==== ==== 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> <code>
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