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===== Overview ===== The ''git show'' command can show various types of objects in various formats: * commits * trees * tags * blobs We'll restrict ourselves to showing just commits and files. ===== Showing a commit ===== ==== The regular way ==== <code> $ git show v4.12 tag v4.12 Tagger: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Date: Sun Jul 2 16:07:11 2017 -0700 Linux 4.12 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQEcBAABAgAGBQJZWXyfAAoJEHm+PkMAQRiGUSgH/36/pHSuUXjiwbeExWGl80tU 1sq62VBO2CUZdjgqxESdapRzmQZpiYJNfl5lo7p0UgW5GcSdxtB/9DXLJaIFu3z/ xB0i4OmZc6GX6hxY/Ve2ZbxjzMRyQYluzjbtT+mKrzkw6HWdxz19OAKpdDFqYoga 2TGerVSi2GHMe7N09T4fKIiRdfsmrj6AGPJ52t6w/Hv8SgxGv3yFHV0lPMgcwED9 Pmx8E/dU9wcXu5ou3gWwqxa5ODEjrgmDLD1g0+tFJVhHFszrhSmgqIteK478fPAs cLfOo1AyzCQwqxhk34ppxmKheq6RRQzIynfd/bdmi/fWVwU9YlaTHixuc8pVViM= =HBF4 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- commit 6f7da290413ba713f0cdd9ff1a2a9bb129ef4f6c Author: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Date: Sun Jul 2 16:07:02 2017 -0700 Linux 4.12 diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile index 6d8a984..283c623 100644 --- a/Makefile +++ b/Makefile @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ VERSION = 4 PATCHLEVEL = 12 SUBLEVEL = 0 -EXTRAVERSION = -rc7 +EXTRAVERSION = NAME = Fearless Coyote # *DOCUMENTATION* $ </code> ==== The ''--stat'' way ==== <code> $ git show --stat v4.12 tag v4.12 Tagger: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Date: Sun Jul 2 16:07:11 2017 -0700 Linux 4.12 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQEcBAABAgAGBQJZWXyfAAoJEHm+PkMAQRiGUSgH/36/pHSuUXjiwbeExWGl80tU 1sq62VBO2CUZdjgqxESdapRzmQZpiYJNfl5lo7p0UgW5GcSdxtB/9DXLJaIFu3z/ xB0i4OmZc6GX6hxY/Ve2ZbxjzMRyQYluzjbtT+mKrzkw6HWdxz19OAKpdDFqYoga 2TGerVSi2GHMe7N09T4fKIiRdfsmrj6AGPJ52t6w/Hv8SgxGv3yFHV0lPMgcwED9 Pmx8E/dU9wcXu5ou3gWwqxa5ODEjrgmDLD1g0+tFJVhHFszrhSmgqIteK478fPAs cLfOo1AyzCQwqxhk34ppxmKheq6RRQzIynfd/bdmi/fWVwU9YlaTHixuc8pVViM= =HBF4 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- commit 6f7da290413ba713f0cdd9ff1a2a9bb129ef4f6c Author: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Date: Sun Jul 2 16:07:02 2017 -0700 Linux 4.12 Makefile | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) $ </code> ==== Extremely concise ==== <code> $ git show --oneline 15d8ffc96464 (HEAD) Merge tag 'mmc-v4.14' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ulfh/mmc $ </code> ===== Showing a file ===== ==== Showing some version of a root directory file ==== Regardless of your current working directory, show relative to the root of the repository: <code> $ git show HEAD:Makefile $ git show master:Makefile $ git show topic:Makefile $ git show v4.12:Makefile </code> ==== Showing a file in the current directory ==== <code> $ git show HEAD:./Makefile $ git show v4.12:./Makefile </code> ==== Showing the staged version of a file ==== <code> $ git show :Makefile $ git show :./Makefile </code>
