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Re: Individual file snapshots

From
Peter Krefting <peter@softwolves.pp.se>
Date
Feb 12, 2010, 12:18 UTC
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<alpine.DEB.2.00.1002121316260.10583@ds9.cixit.se>
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Ron Garret:
> I would like to be able to store snapshots of individual files without 
> making a commit on the main branch.
   git hash-object -w filename
will add the file to the object database, outputting it's hash value.
   git tag mytag hashvalue
creates a tag "mytag" pointing to that file.
   git show mytag
will output the file you put in.
-- 
\\// Peter - http://www.softwolves.pp.se/
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