From: Alex Riesen <raa.lkml@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2009 07:41:46 GMT
Subject: Re: finding the commit that deleted a file
Message-ID: <81b0412b0904300041m2ac646cgdaffd4e2dadb9125@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <49F953BC.7070303@melosgmbh.de>

2009/4/30 Christoph Duelli <duelli@melosgmbh.de>:
> 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" :)