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Is there any way I see contents of a commit in a remote repository without cloning it. Precisely, I am looking for a command which can work similar to git show [refs] <commit ID> (which is not a valid command) which will show the commit <commit ID> at remote repository at ref.

This question is close to what I want, but cloning is not what I am looking for.

Chinmay Chhajed
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  • Have you read this answer? https://stackoverflow.com/a/13944180/4226541 – ad3luc Apr 08 '21 at 06:33
  • What does “contents of a commit” mean exactly? – matt Apr 08 '21 at 06:41
  • It depends on the hosting server. Some may provide APIs that allow you to retrieve data without cloning the repository. If you have access to the server, you could write a web service, for example with `Django`. – ElpieKay Apr 08 '21 at 06:41
  • @matt I meant details like author name, email ID, date of commit etc. Similar to `git show` – Chinmay Chhajed Apr 08 '21 at 09:43

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That do you want to do is not possible. My recommendation is if your repository is in Github you can explore the historical of commits in the web Github UI. In another case if you don't have a web UI for your repository the only solution that I can give you right now is clone the repository.

Arael D. Espinosa Pérez
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