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

From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date: Feb 28, 2007, 00:01 UTC
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.63.0702280059050.22628@wbgn013.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de>
In-Reply-To: <86vehnnpy2.fsf@blue.stonehenge.com>

Hi,

On Tue, 27 Feb 2007, Randal L. Schwartz wrote:

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

	$ git diff v1.5.0..v1.5.0.1

shows the differences between those two versions;

	$ git show v1.5.0..v1.5.0.1

is _identical_ to

	$ git show v1.5.0 v1.5.0.1

and shows the same as

	$ git show v1.5.0; git show v1.5.0.1

i.e. the commit diffs of both commits.

Ciao, Dscho