From: Alex Riesen <raa.lkml@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2008 17:47:51 GMT
Subject: Re: Simple problem
Message-ID: <20080428174751.GA6710@steel.home>
In-Reply-To: <fv4u49$oks$1@ger.gmane.org>

Kenneth P. Turvey, Mon, Apr 28, 2008 18:31:05 +0200:
> I ran into an issue earlier today that I didn't know how to easily solve 
> in git.  I'm sure it is easy to handle, but I wasn't sure how.  
> 
> I removed a file and then realized I'd hit the wrong one.  So all I 
> wanted to do was to get the file back the way it was in the last commit.  
> 
> Basically I wanted something similar to:
> 
> svn update myfile
> 

git checkout HEAD filename

but mostly just "git checkout filename"