CODEWITHSUNDEEP
rgitrstudio
ECII
ECII

Reputation: 10629

Save a file under another name exactly as it was on a specific date/commit without changing branch or reverting

I am a git newbie, I am using git to track simple txt files (R scripts). I don't have branches or all the features git supports, I am just using git to track the changes I do to a couple of text scripts in each project (and thus avoid renaming a file every time I do a change to track changes).

I am in a situation where I would like to open a file exactly how it was on a specific date/commit and save it under another name without changing branch or workspace (stay on master) or reverting/modifying any other files (including this specific file as it is now).

How can I do this?

Update : Is there a way to do this using a GUI (preferably in linux)?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 70

Answers (2)

Klaus Baumgartner
Klaus Baumgartner

Reputation: 128

command:

git show {commithash}:{path} > {newfilename}

example:

git show 50559d3:conf/routes > routes-back-then.txt

Upvotes: 1

jthill
jthill

Reputation: 60393

git show @{yesterday}:path/to/file >extract.r. See git revisions for the @ syntax

Upvotes: 3

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