Re: How do get a specific version of a particular file?

[Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>]

Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> writes:

>> > OK, how is that different from git-diff ?
>> 
>> I do not think there is any difference.  "show" is about
>> multiple points, not ranges.  "diff" is about multiple
>> (typically two) points, and not ranges.
>
> Well, I do think Ted has a good point. Having negative refs makes no sense 
> for the "no-walk" case (aka "git show").
>
> ... Negative object refs really don't make any sense unless you walk 
> the object list (or you're "git diff" and know about ranges explicitly).

If you did not say "(or you're..." part, then I would agree
to this 100%.

On the other hand, as you earlier said:

    On Fri, 22 Dec 2006,...
    > 
    > I can understand the advantage of a shortcut like "git diff ..next",
    > ...

    I can't understand why people complain about this.

    YOU DON'T HAVE TO USE IT. 
    ...
    > But, really, I still don't understand exactly _what_ "diff a..b" even
    > means. Can you explain it to me?

    It means exactly the same as "diff a b".

    It's that simple.

which made me lol, I am very tempted to say:

	It means exactly the same as "show a b".

        It's that simple.

Back to serious my self, I am wondering if this is a sensible
thing to ask:

	$ git show master...maint

which your patch now forbids.