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how do i re-add a file?

Subject: how do i re-add a file?

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Ittay Dror· Apr 1, 2008, 11:14 UTC · lore

I did git-rm on a file and committed. Made some changes to my sources and committed. Now I want the file back. How can I do that? Related to that, how do I revert my files to some past commit state so that the commits in between are kept in the history?

Thank you, Ittay

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Ittay Dror <ittayd@tikalk.com>
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Tikal Project <http://tikal.sourceforge.net>

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