From 38573864f893653be012dd77c2da77f9ecbb1e02 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@citi.umich.edu> Date: Mon, 29 May 2006 19:31:33 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] documentation: add brief mention of cat-file to tutorial part I I'd rather avoid git cat-file so early on, but the git-cat-file -p old-commit:/path/to/file trick is too useful.... Also fix a nearby typo while we're at it. Signed-off-by: J. Bruce Fields <bfields@citi.umich.edu> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> --- Documentation/tutorial.txt | 8 +++++++- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Documentation/tutorial.txt b/Documentation/tutorial.txt index 5fdeab983..039a8598e 100644 --- a/Documentation/tutorial.txt +++ b/Documentation/tutorial.txt @@ -435,12 +435,18 @@ adjust gitk's fonts by holding down the control key while pressing Finally, most commands that take filenames will optionally allow you to precede any filename by a commit, to specify a particular version -fo the file: +of the file: ------------------------------------- $ git diff v2.5:Makefile HEAD:Makefile.in ------------------------------------- +You can also use "git cat-file -p" to see any such file: + +------------------------------------- +$ git cat-file -p v2.5:Makefile +------------------------------------- + Next Steps ---------- -- 2.26.2