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Shows one or more objects (blobs, trees, tags and commits).

  • For commits it shows the log message and textual diff. It also presents the merge commit in a special format as produced by git diff-tree --cc.

  • For tags, it shows the tag message and the referenced objects.

  • For trees, it shows the names (equivalent to git ls-tree with --name-only).

  • For plain blobs, it shows the plain contents.

The command takes options applicable to the git diff-tree command to control how the changes the commit introduces are shown.

See the man page for more info.

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How do I list all the files in a commit?

How can I print a plain list of all files that were part of a given commit? Although the following lists the files, it also includes unwanted diff information for each: git show a303aa90779efdd2f6b9d90693e2cbbbe4613c1d
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How to get git to show commits in a specified date range for author date?

Apparently this: git log --all --after=" 00:00" --before=" 23:59" --author="" filters commits based on the committer date. How can I make it show commits for a specified author date range ?
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How to list ALL git objects in the database?

Is there a better way of getting a raw list of SHA1s for ALL objects in a repository than: ls .git/objects/??/\* and cat .git/objects/pack/*.idx | git show-index I know about git rev-list --all but that only lists commit objects that are referenced…
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git log -p vs. git show vs. git diff

How are the commands git log -p, git show, and git diff related and why would one be used over another? Given a repo with the following 4 commits: commitd - last commit commitc commitb coomita - initial commit What are the differences…
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Using `git show` to create and apply patches spanning multiple commits

Lately I've been using git show to create diffs for later reference because it's easier to type than git diff ~ and it shows the commit information (timestamp, user, hash, comment). You can then use git apply to apply…
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What does `git show` do all by itself?

If I use git show all by itself in a git repo it shows a bunch of information such as commits, diffs, etc. This page (https://git-scm.com/docs/git-show) just says: Shows one or more objects (blobs, trees, tags and commits). I assume it's the latest…
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How to view files in bare repositories?

I have a bare repository in my remote. I want to look at files, that is open in an editor and view the code. For listing files, git ls-files master or git ls-tree master. and for viewing single file, I could do git show 100644 But how do I view…
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Difference between `git stash show -p stash@{N}` and `git show stash@{N}`?

I thought they should be basically the same, but when I tried $ git stash show -p stash@{N} and $ git show stash@{N} the latter shows some additional commit information, but the actual diff was much, much shorter. (The former shows about a dozen…
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How to git show a staged file?

I can do git show :path/to/some/file but what do I replace to get the currently staged version of the file? Context: I'm writing a pre-commit hook and I want to run a check on the staged files without resorting to stashing…
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how to read git show command output

I am just getting into VC and in particular git. I am aware of basic commands like git add/commit/remote but having a hard time understanding the output: $ git show f27d852 commit f27d852fc750a9c3f71eaf0acf586164b76faddf Author: myusername…
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git show to view prior version of a renamed file?

We renamed a file where git log --follow my/new-file correctly shows changes before and after the rename. But this command does not work to show a prior version: git show :my/new-file. We have to run git show :my/old-file. Is there a…
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Why does git show filename display a diff?

git show filename diplays a diff, while git show branch:path/to/filename displays the content of the file. I look in the help (git show --help) and what I understood is that it should default to HEAD, i.e. git show HEAD:filename. But that produces…
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How can I get "git show" to show diffs with full context?

I am reviewing a very old commit. I want to see the changes a particular commit made but I want to see that in full context, i.e. I want to see whole file and the changes that person had made. The following command, git show -w is not…
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Git show whole file changes

Is there a way to get the git show command to show the whole contents of a file when viewing a commit? For example: if it currently show something like foo.cpp +++ int main() { +++ std::cout << "HELLO" << std::endl; +++ } I would want the…
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How can I preserve line endings when I check out a single file to a different location with git?

I want to checkout a single file from a git repository to a different location (other than working dir) and leave my current working dir as it is. And I want git to checkout my file with correct line endings. I work on Windows but I have the same…
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