# how can we git out source code base on git log? 3 messages from 2011-03-07 to 2011-03-08. Participants: loody, Jeff King, Matthieu Moy. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/26685 ## loody, 2011-03-07 17:25 Subject: how can we git out source code base on git log? Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/AANLkTimAPBoHJX0iZOt949xQ8HeGPXRyKfD4CDNJFv7u%40mail.gmail.com ``` Dear all: There is a paragraph in faq which told us how to git out some specific tag. But how could I check out the source at some specific point of time if I have no idea what the tag is or there is no tag on it. Below I use uboot for example: commit 3831530dcb7b71329c272ccd6181f8038b6a6dd0 Author: Mikhail Zolotaryov Date: Wed Sep 8 17:06:03 2010 +0300 ....... ....... commit b75a2dde47cc0ffb686e21cbf1aea4a45e23df10 Author: Daniel Hobi Date: Mon Oct 11 18:03:35 2010 +0200 tools/imls: fix comment in Makefile Is it possible I can check out the commit as 3831530dcb7b71329c272ccd6181f8038b6a6dd0,? Meanwhile, is there any command can help me to get the history that combine tag and commit such that I can know know the closest tag of some specific commit? take below for example, I will know ccdd is the closest tag of commit b75a2dde47cc0ffb686e21cbf1aea4a45e23df10. commit 3831530dcb7b71329c272ccd6181f8038b6a6dd0 Author: Mikhail Zolotaryov Date: Wed Sep 8 17:06:03 2010 +0300 ....... ....... Tag: aabb commit b75a2dde47cc0ffb686e21cbf1aea4a45e23df10 Author: Daniel Hobi Date: Mon Oct 11 18:03:35 2010 +0200 tools/imls: fix comment in Makefile ...... Tag: ccdd -- Regards, miloody ``` ## Jeff King, 2011-03-07 18:32 Subject: Re: how can we git out source code base on git log? Message-ID: <20110307183210.GB20411@sigill.intra.peff.net> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20110307183210.GB20411%40sigill.intra.peff.net In-Reply-To: ``` On Tue, Mar 08, 2011 at 01:25:53AM +0800, loody wrote: > Below I use uboot for example: > > commit 3831530dcb7b71329c272ccd6181f8038b6a6dd0 > Author: Mikhail Zolotaryov > Date: Wed Sep 8 17:06:03 2010 +0300 > > [...] > > Is it possible I can check out the commit as > 3831530dcb7b71329c272ccd6181f8038b6a6dd0,? Yes, just do "git checkout 3831530d" (you don't need to use the whole id; any prefix that is unique within the repository is enough). > Meanwhile, is there any command can help me to get the history that > combine tag and commit such that I can know know the closest tag of > some specific commit? > > take below for example, I will know ccdd is the closest tag of commit > b75a2dde47cc0ffb686e21cbf1aea4a45e23df10. Yes: $ git describe b75a2dde v2010.09-250-gb75a2dd This means that the commit is 250 commits past v2010.09. If you want to know which tags already have the commit, try: $ git describe --contains b75a2dde v2010.12-rc1~126 which means it is inside v2010.12-rc1, and it is 126 commits back (following each commit's first parent). You may also want to know all tags that contain it: $ git tag --contains b75a2dde v2010.12 v2010.12-rc1 v2010.12-rc2 v2010.12-rc3 v2011.03-rc1 See "git help describe" for more information. -Peff ``` ## Matthieu Moy, 2011-03-08 08:22 Subject: Re: how can we git out source code base on git log? Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/vpq8vwqvx65.fsf%40bauges.imag.fr In-Reply-To: ``` loody writes: > Is it possible I can check out the commit as > 3831530dcb7b71329c272ccd6181f8038b6a6dd0,? In complement to Jeff's answer: you can also get the content of a specific file without checking out with git show 3831530dcb7b713:path/to/file > commit 3831530dcb7b71329c272ccd6181f8038b6a6dd0 > Author: Mikhail Zolotaryov > Date: Wed Sep 8 17:06:03 2010 +0300 > ....... > ....... > > Tag: aabb git log --decorate does this (except that tags appear after the commit ID, not after the log message). You may also want to look at gitk. -- Matthieu Moy http://www-verimag.imag.fr/~moy/ ```