From: Peter Krefting <peter@softwolves.pp.se>
Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2010 12:18:09 GMT
Subject: Re: Individual file snapshots
Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.00.1002121316260.10583@ds9.cixit.se>
In-Reply-To: <ron1-CD3223.04030512022010@news.gmane.org>

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.

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