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From: Chunlin Zhang <zhangchunlin@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: How to git checkout a orgin(unstage) version file in another directoy?
Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2011 12:06:33 +0000 (UTC)
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Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder <at> gmail.com> writes:

> 
> Chunlin Zhang wrote:
> Because you are writing a script, I'd suggest using one of the
> "low-level commands (plumbing)" listed in git(1).  Because you are
> retrieving a file, it would be one of the "interrogation commands".
> And because it is a single file, I suppose this should be git
> cat-file, git unpack-file, or git archive.
> 
> For example,
> 
> 	git cat-file blob HEAD:README
Wow,this solved my problem perfectly.
use this command for example:
git --work-tree=. --git-dir="/media/linux/t/kernel/.git" cat-file blob 
HEAD:Android.mk>Android.mk

Thanks !

> 
> will print the contents of README in the HEAD commit.
> 
> Because I am curious: what exactly would your script be used to do?
> Can the git diff-tree or git diff-files command help?
>