[PATCH 2/5] documentation: add brief mention of cat-file to tutorial part I
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- May 29, 2006, 23:31 UTC
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From: J. Bruce Fields <bfields@citi.umich.edu>
I'd rather avoid git cat-file so early on, but the
git-cat-file -p old-commit:/path/to/file
trick is too useful....
Also fix a nearby typo while we're at it.
Signed-off-by: J. Bruce Fields <bfields@citi.umich.edu>
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e47d8a459f0a2407304c9b7165b30746baa7fe29 Documentation/tutorial.txt | 8 +++++++- 1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
e47d8a459f0a2407304c9b7165b30746baa7fe29
diff --git a/Documentation/tutorial.txt b/Documentation/tutorial.txt index 5fdeab9..039a859 100644 --- a/Documentation/tutorial.txt +++ b/Documentation/tutorial.txt @@ -435,12 +435,18 @@ adjust gitk's fonts by holding down the Finally, most commands that take filenames will optionally allow you to precede any filename by a commit, to specify a particular version -fo the file: +of the file: ------------------------------------- $ git diff v2.5:Makefile HEAD:Makefile.in ------------------------------------- +You can also use "git cat-file -p" to see any such file: + +------------------------------------- +$ git cat-file -p v2.5:Makefile +------------------------------------- + Next Steps ----------
-- 1.3.3.gff62