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Bill Swartz
Bill Swartz

Reputation: 675

How can I view a previous revision of a git repository?

I want to view a previous rev of a git repository. I am looking for the equivalent of tortoisesvn export of a particular revision. How do I do it?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 66

Answers (4)

Bill Swartz
Bill Swartz

Reputation: 675

I tried 'git show hash -- file'. It gave a diff output.

I tried 'git checkout -b hash'. It created a new branch.

What worked for me was 'git checkout hash'.

Upvotes: 0

Dongho Yoo
Dongho Yoo

Reputation: 1491

Search revision by:

git log

remember the hash of the commit and check out the commit by 

git checkout -b <hash>

Upvotes: 0

Andrew Miner
Andrew Miner

Reputation: 6175

You'll first want to list the contents of the repository using git log, and then git show <hash> to print that revision on the screen. If you want to limit the output to a single file, you can add -- <file / path> to the end of each command.

Upvotes: 1

merlin2011
merlin2011

Reputation: 75649

If you want to view a particular file you can use git show <hash_or_branch_name_or_tag_name> filename to see it.

Otherwise you should do a git checkout of that commit hash to see it.

Upvotes: 1

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