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Re: checking out later commits from rolled back state

From
Vincent van Ravesteijn <vfr@lyx.org>
Date
Nov 1, 2011, 14:58 UTC
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<4EB00932.1090604@lyx.org>
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Op 1-11-2011 15:36, photoshop_nerd schreef:
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> Hello, I a m relatively new to git, and my question pertains to moving back
> and forth through the history of my commits.
>
> Here is how I open a previous commit:
>
> 1)$ git log
>
> 2) (get sha1 hash of previous commit)
>
> 3)$ git checkout<hash of my previous commit>
>
> the problem is that once I am working with that commit, git log only shows
> the hash tags up to the time that the commit was made, but not any of the
> later commits. Is there a way to get the hash tags of my later commits when
> I am in that rolled back state?
>
If your are on branch 'master':

git log git checkout <hash of previous commit>

then
"git log master" will show you the log from the tip of the master branch.
Vincent
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  3. Vincent van RavesteijnNov 1, 2011

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