How to view a file at a specific commit in git?

Posted on Mar 24, 2018 by Eric Ma In QA

How to view a file at a specific commit/revision in git?

You can use git show to view a file’s content at a specific commit in git: https://www.systutorials.com/docs/linux/man/1-git-show/

$ git show REVISION:/path/to/file

You can also save a copy by

$ git show REVISION:/path/to/file >file.copy

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