Restoring files from old commits

From: Nikodemus Siivola <nikodemus@random-state.net>
Date: Jul 14, 2007, 12:09 UTC
Message-ID: <4698BD17.5080205@random-state.net>

What is the recommended way to restore individual files (or directories) in the working tree to the content they had in a given commit?

That is to say, now that Cogito is deprecated, what should I use instead of cg-restore?

Cheers,

  -- Nikodemus

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