How to show a file at a specific revision?

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As the question imply, I need to show a file from history at a specific commit, how would I be able to do so using command line? My repo is a git remote repo, with several pushes ..

I don't need to see differences, I just to view the whole file at that specific commit ..

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 22 '13 at 14:08

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git show commitid:path/to/file

answered Apr 22 '13 at 14:08

jthill

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what if I want to copy all files of commitid out to a specific folder? – simo Apr 22 '13 at 14:14
or at least to copy a file from that commitid out to some folder? – simo Apr 22 '13 at 14:17
@simo: Just redirect the output of show to a file: `git show commitid:path/to/file > copy` – robinst Apr 22 '13 at 14:26

How to show a file at a specific revision?

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