From: Andy Whitcroft <apw@shadowen.org>
To: Matt McCutchen <hashproduct+git@gmail.com>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: How to view an old revision?
Date: Wed, 01 Nov 2006 14:30:58 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4548AFA2.1040606@shadowen.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3bbc18d20611010620m11e40402v44334a8c486a4932@mail.gmail.com>
Matt McCutchen wrote:
> Dear git people,
>
> How do I view an old revision of a file without actually checking it
> out? This would be analogous to "cvs checkout -r <old> -p". I've
> RTMed and STWed and can't seem to find a way.
>
Something like the following:
git cat-file -p <commit-ish>:<file>
For example:
git cat-file -p tags/v1.4.3:git.c
git cat-file -p f5f75c652b9c2347522159a87297820103e593e4:git.c
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-11-01 14:31 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-11-01 14:20 How to view an old revision? Matt McCutchen
2006-11-01 14:30 ` Andy Whitcroft [this message]
2006-11-01 14:37 ` Matt McCutchen
2006-11-01 14:46 ` Andy Whitcroft
2006-11-01 16:00 ` Junio C Hamano
2006-11-01 16:25 ` Matt McCutchen
2006-11-01 19:02 ` Andy Whitcroft
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