From: Baz <brian.ewins@gmail.com>
To: Alex Riesen <raa.lkml@gmail.com>
Cc: Christoph Duelli <duelli@melosgmbh.de>, git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: finding the commit that deleted a file
Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2009 09:25:20 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <2faad3050904300125r6cc6bc1fs6eb0e099dadcbf77@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <81b0412b0904300041m2ac646cgdaffd4e2dadb9125@mail.gmail.com>
2009/4/30 Alex Riesen <raa.lkml@gmail.com>:
> 2009/4/30 Christoph Duelli <duelli@melosgmbh.de>:
>> Following scenario:
>> Some file x was deleted (or renamed, but the --follow option does not
>> succeed) some 100 commits ago.
>> Now, I would like to check the 'lost' contents for some reason.
>>
>> Is it possible to find out when a given file (path) was deleted?
For completeness, the answer to the first part of the question:
git log --diff-filter=D -- the/name/of/deleted/file
>> (And then, with the obtained SHA1, use gitk or some such tool to inspect
>> this file.)
>
> "gitk -- the/name/of/deleted/file" :)
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-04-30 8:26 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-04-30 7:31 finding the commit that deleted a file Christoph Duelli
2009-04-30 7:41 ` Alex Riesen
2009-04-30 8:25 ` Baz [this message]
2009-04-30 8:33 ` Christoph Duelli
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