Re: How do get a specific version of a particular file?

From: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Date: Feb 27, 2007, 23:35 UTC
Message-ID: <7vfy8rb2do.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>
In-Reply-To: <86vehnnpy2.fsf@blue.stonehenge.com>

merlyn@stonehenge.com (Randal L. Schwartz) writes:

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>>>>>> "Theodore" == Theodore Tso <tytso@mit.edu> writes:
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> Theodore> And I'm still not sure why
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> Theodore> 	git show v1.5.0..v1.5.0.1 
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> Theodore> doesn't throw an error, and why it prints what it does...
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> Wait, that doesn't throw an error?
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> (tries it)
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> OK, how is that different from git-diff ?

I do not think there is any difference. "show" is about multiple points, not ranges. "diff" is about multiple (typically two) points, and not ranges.