From: J. Bruce Fields Date: Mon, 29 May 2006 23:31:33 +0000 (-0400) Subject: documentation: add brief mention of cat-file to tutorial part I X-Git-Tag: v1.4.0-rc1~39 X-Git-Url: https://git.octo.it/?p=git.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=38573864f893653be012dd77c2da77f9ecbb1e02 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 Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano --- diff --git a/Documentation/tutorial.txt b/Documentation/tutorial.txt index 5fdeab98..039a8598 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 ----------