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Re: finding the commit that deleted a file

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Alex Riesen <raa.lkml@gmail.com>
Date
Apr 30, 2009, 07:41 UTC
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2009/4/30 Christoph Duelli <duelli@melosgmbh.de>:
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> Following scenario:
> Some file x was deleted (or renamed, but the --follow option does not
> succeed) some 100 commits ago.
> Now, I would like to check the 'lost' contents for some reason.
>
> Is it possible to find out when a given file (path) was deleted?
> (And then, with the obtained SHA1, use gitk or some such tool to inspect
>  this file.)
"gitk -- the/name/of/deleted/file" :)
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