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Re: Feature request: relative paths

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Björn Steinbrink <b.steinbrink@gmx.de>
Date
May 6, 2010, 08:46 UTC
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<20100506084607.GA9921@atjola.homenet>
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On 2010.05.06 03:31:13 -0500, Jonathan Nieder wrote:
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> Eli Barzilay wrote:
> 
> > An svn feature that I used a lot is `svn cat some-file' -- and with
> > git I can get close to that with `git show :some-file'
> 
> git show -- some-file

That's the same as "git show HEAD -- some-file" though, which shows a commit with path-limited diff output. While ":some-file" (most likely) identifies a blob, so "git show :some-file" shows the contents stored in that blob.

Björn
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  1. Eli BarzilayMay 6, 2010
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  3. Björn SteinbrinkMay 6, 2010
  4. Jonathan NiederMay 6, 2010
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