From: W. Trevor King <wking@tremily.us>
Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2012 01:30:11 +0000 (-0500)
Subject: posts:git:notes: add cat-file example
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posts:git:notes: add cat-file example
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diff --git a/posts/Git/notes.org b/posts/Git/notes.org
index 9990daa..accc19d 100644
--- a/posts/Git/notes.org
+++ b/posts/Git/notes.org
@@ -1400,6 +1400,16 @@ Now merge with a particular strategy.
 There are more details about the available merge strategies in =git
 notes --help=.
 
+** Printing a file
+
+You can =cat= a file from an arbitraty revision using
+
+    : $ git cat-file blob <rev>:<path>
+
+For example,
+
+    : $ git cat-file blob master:README
+
 * Troubleshooting
 ** Git commit hangs with no output