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Re: What should I use instead of git show?

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OGOlivier Galibert <galibert@pobox.com>
Date
Mar 13, 2006, 16:58 UTC
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On Mon, Mar 13, 2006 at 08:33:22AM -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> Why not just use "git show"?
> 
> It hasn't gone anywhere that I know of. It's still there.
Oh beautiful.

I had an old (as in 3 months max, but heh) git-tree at work in a corner from which I had compiled git. When I saw it didn't have git show which I have at home I did a git pull, recompile, reinstall.

The new git didn't have git show, so I thought it had been removed after all. Turns out, the git pull had broken halfway due to the old version of git. It hadn't fast forwarded _all_ the versions. But the new git, while not current, has been able to do the complete git pull this time. And now I have git show at work too.

Guess you have to update git every month or so if you want to be able to follow current trees.

  OG.
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  2. Radoslaw SzkodzinskiMar 13, 2006
  3. Linus TorvaldsMar 13, 2006
  4. Olivier GalibertMar 13, 2006
  5. Mark HollomonMar 13, 2006
  6. Junio C HamanoMar 13, 2006
  7. Mark HollomonMar 14, 2006
  8. Olivier GalibertMar 13, 2006
  9. Paul MackerrasMar 20, 2006
  10. Olivier GalibertMar 20, 2006
  11. Junio C HamanoMar 14, 2006

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