"git show" not showing file contents for a specific commit, but instead version and size. How can I get the file contents?

Asked May 31 '23 at 17:02

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I want to visualize the version of a file at commit . For this, I type at the command line

git show <commit>:Repo\Path\To\File.cs

According to other posts such as this one, I expect to see the content of the file. Instead, the output of the command is something like

version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
oid sha256:2b19859bbc4aba8a94563fbf8c8ee88dfda3ad348ce3f769b21651055
size 108912

Can someone help me understand what is going on here and how can I fix it?

edited May 31 '23 at 17:07

mkrieger1

asked May 31 '23 at 17:02

langecode

It's because this is a Git LFS file, so the file itself is not in the repo. – matt May 31 '23 at 17:25
Would I be able to get access to it without checking out the commit? @matt – langecode May 31 '23 at 17:30
https://stackoverflow.com/a/65903167/7976758 Found in https://stackoverflow.com/search?q=%5Bgit-lfs%5D+download+file – phd May 31 '23 at 18:13

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