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NAME
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-git-show - Show one commit with difference it introduces
+git-show - Show various types of objects
SYNOPSIS
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-'git-show' <option>...
+'git-show' [options] <object>...
DESCRIPTION
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-Shows commit log and textual diff for a single commit. The
-command internally invokes 'git-rev-list' piped to
-'git-diff-tree', and takes command line options for both of
-these commands. It also presents the merge commit in a special
-format as produced by 'git-diff-tree --cc'.
+Shows one or more objects (blobs, trees, tags and commits).
+
+For commits it shows the log message and textual diff. It also
+presents the merge commit in a special format as produced by
+'git-diff-tree --cc'.
+
+For tags, it shows the tag message and the referenced objects.
+
+For trees, it shows the names (equivalent to gitlink:git-ls-tree[1]
+with \--name-only).
+
+For plain blobs, it shows the plain contents.
This manual page describes only the most frequently used options.
<commitid>::
ID of the commit to show.
---pretty=<format>::
- Controls the output format for the commit logs.
- <format> can be one of 'raw', 'medium', 'short', 'full',
- and 'oneline'.
+include::pretty-formats.txt[]
+
+
+EXAMPLES
+--------
+
+git show v1.0.0::
+ Shows the tag `v1.0.0`.
+
+git show v1.0.0^{tree}::
+ Shows the tree pointed to by the tag `v1.0.0`.
+
+git show next~10:Documentation/README
+ Shows the contents of the file `Documentation/README` as
+ they were current in the 10th last commit of the branch
+ `next`.
+
+git show master:Makefile master:t/Makefile
+ Concatenates the contents of said Makefiles in the head
+ of the branch `master`.
Author
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