Bill LearHow can I do the equivalent of 'cvs co -r <commit> -p <file>' in git? I want to see the entire contents of a file as it existed after a particular commit was introduced.
Bill
Bill Lear
Jeff KingRe: Contents of file for a commit
On Sat, Jan 26, 2008 at 10:22:58PM -0600, Bill Lear wrote:
> How can I do the equivalent of 'cvs co -r <commit> -p <file>' in git? > I want to see the entire contents of a file as it existed after a > particular commit was introduced.
Try 'git show <commit>:<file>'.
-Peff
Shawn O. PearceRe: Contents of file for a commit
Bill Lear <rael@zopyra.com> wrote:
> How can I do the equivalent of 'cvs co -r <commit> -p <file>' in git? > I want to see the entire contents of a file as it existed after a > particular commit was introduced.
`git checkout $commit -- $path`
would get the file at that version into your working directory, but also will update the index, thus staging the file for the next commit.
You can also just view the file if you don't want those changes to be made:
`git show $commit -- $path`
If you are scripting, use cat-file directly to avoid any CRLF conversion or whatnot:
`git cat-file blob $commit:$path`
-- Shawn.
Jeff KingRe: Contents of file for a commit
On Sat, Jan 26, 2008 at 11:40:27PM -0500, Shawn O. Pearce wrote:
> You can also just view the file if you don't want those changes > to be made: > > `git show $commit -- $path`
That doesn't work. It says "show me $commit, but limited by $path". So if $path was changed, you see the commit log and diff. If it wasn't, you see nothing.
-Peff
Shawn O. PearceRe: Contents of file for a commit
Jeff King <peff@peff.net> wrote:
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> On Sat, Jan 26, 2008 at 11:40:27PM -0500, Shawn O. Pearce wrote: > > > You can also just view the file if you don't want those changes > > to be made: > > > > `git show $commit -- $path` > > That doesn't work. It says "show me $commit, but limited by $path". So > if $path was changed, you see the commit log and diff. If it wasn't, you > see nothing.
Gah. Indeed. I should have suggested to Bill:
`git show $commit:$path`
sorry about the confusion, and thanks for the clarification. :-)
-- Shawn.
Bill LearRe: Contents of file for a commit
On Sunday, January 27, 2008 at 00:01:28 (-0500) Shawn O. Pearce writes:
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>Jeff King <peff@peff.net> wrote: >> On Sat, Jan 26, 2008 at 11:40:27PM -0500, Shawn O. Pearce wrote: >> >> > You can also just view the file if you don't want those changes >> > to be made: >> > >> > `git show $commit -- $path` >> >> That doesn't work. It says "show me $commit, but limited by $path". So >> if $path was changed, you see the commit log and diff. If it wasn't, you >> see nothing. > >Gah. Indeed. I should have suggested to Bill: > >`git show $commit:$path` > >sorry about the confusion, and thanks for the clarification. :-)
Ok, looks like that works. Thanks all.
Bill