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Re: Help reverting a particular file

From
EREric Raible <raible@gmail.com>
Date
Aug 11, 2008, 23:33 UTC
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<loom.20080811T232642-623@post.gmane.org>
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Bryan Richardson <btricha <at> gmail.com> writes:
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> 
> Hello all,
> 
> Can anyone tell me how to revert a particular file using git?  I
> executed a commit, then froze my Rails application to the latest Rails
> version.  This caused my custom config/boot.rb file to be overwritten
> and I would like to restore it without rolling back to the previous
> commit (which would roll back the rails freeze).  In general I need to
> know how to do this anyway. :)
> 
> Please help!
> 
> --
> Thanks!
> Bryan
> 
See corresponding man page for full details, but briefly:

# Updates index as well git checkout HEAD^ -- config/boot.rb

or

# Output can be redirected git show HEAD^:config/boot.rb

- Eric
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