From: Andy Whitcroft <apw@shadowen.org>
Date: Wed, 01 Nov 2006 14:30:58 GMT
Subject: Re: How to view an old revision?
Message-ID: <4548AFA2.1040606@shadowen.org>
In-Reply-To: <3bbc18d20611010620m11e40402v44334a8c486a4932@mail.gmail.com>

Matt McCutchen wrote:
> Dear git people,
> 
> How do I view an old revision of a file without actually checking it
> out?  This would be analogous to "cvs checkout -r <old> -p".  I've
> RTMed and STWed and can't seem to find a way.
> 

Something like the following:

	git cat-file -p <commit-ish>:<file>

For example:
	git cat-file -p tags/v1.4.3:git.c
	git cat-file -p f5f75c652b9c2347522159a87297820103e593e4:git.c