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Date:   Fri, 8 Oct 2021 18:15:00 +0000
To:     Konstantin Ryabitsev <konstantin@linuxfoundation.org>
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Subject: Re: How do I get the file contents from an arbitrary revision to
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Hello, Konstantin.

On Fri, Oct 08, 2021 at 14:01:23 -0400, Konstantin Ryabitsev wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 08, 2021 at 05:51:17PM +0000, Alan Mackenzie wrote:
> > Hello, git.
> > 
> > I want to get a file's content from a particular revision onto stdout for
> > backup purposes.  I can't see how to do this.  Help me, please!
> > 
> > Let's say the file is foo.c, and I want to get the version from the head
> > revision of bar-branch.

> git show bar-branch:foo.c

Thank you indeed.  That works just right!

> -K

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Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany).