Changes between Initial Version and Version 1 of GitTricks

Timestamp:

Sep 23, 2010 2:13:15 PM (14 years ago)

Author:

mikeryan

Comment:

file history, check out old version

GitTricks

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+= History of an individual file =
+Text mode
+{{{
+git log -p <filename>
+}}}
+
+Graphically
+{{{
+gitk <filename>
+}}}
+
+= Find revision by date =
+This is kind of obtuse, and I really recommend {{{ git log }}} or {{{ gitk }}}. If you insist:
+{{{
+git rev-list -n 1 --before="2009-07-27 13:37" master
+}}}
+This finds one revision (-n 1) before a certain date. You can use this with {{{ git checkout }}} (see below).
+
+= Check out old version of a file =
+Find the old revision by using {{{ git log }}} (see above).
+{{{
+git checkout <revision> <file>
+}}}
+
+Reverting to the current version (HEAD):
+{{{
+git checkout HEAD <file>
+}}}