Re: Retrieving a file at a before a specified commit
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> Yes, that is what I would expect git to do in such a situation. You can
> inspect it further, too:
>
> $ git rev-parse f51ac745^:pib/chkpib2.7
> e69de29bb2d1d6434b8b29ae775ad8c2e48c5391
>
> That's the sha1 of the blob containing the content. You can investigate
> information about that object like this:
>
> $ git cat-file -t e69de29b
> blob
> $ git cat-file -s e69de29b
> 0
> $ git cat-file blob e69de29b
>
> Of course since its size is 0, the last one is not that interesting. :)
>
> You could also just look at the tree, which gives similar information:
>
> $ git ls-tree -lr f51ac745^ | grep pib/chkpib2.7
> 100644 blob e69de29bb2d1d6434b8b29ae775ad8c2e48c5391 0 pib/chkpib2.7
>
> Hope that helps.
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