Re: Extracting a file

> Actually, I did not want to make git behave like a read-only filesystem,
> but only to be able to get what is stored in it using some easy to remember
> command.
> 
> I guess that:
> 
>     git mv A B &&
>     git checkout HEAD -- A
> 
> renames file A in the work, current, directory to B, and then recovers
> A from the
> repository. This changes the file on which I am working. After having
> read the old
> A, and understood what changes I make that are not correct, I should delete A,
> and rename B back to A.
> If something gets wrong with this, I risk to damage my original A.
> This is why it is
> better not to change it, and instead get a copy of the old one with
> another name,
> which is what
> 
> git show HASH:file/path/name.ext > some_new_name.ext