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git show — Show various types of Git objects (commits, tags, etc.). More information: <https://git-scm.com/docs

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Problem

How to use the git show command: Show various types of Git objects (commits, tags, etc.). More information: <https://git-scm.com/docs/git-show>.

Solution

git show — Show various types of Git objects (commits, tags, etc.). More information: <https://git-scm.com/docs/git-show>.

Show information about the latest commit (hash, message, changes, and other metadata):

git show

Show information about a specific commit, tag, or branch (such as HEAD for the latest commit):

git show {{commit|tag|branch}}

Show only the list of added, renamed, or deleted files:

git show --summary {{commit}}

Show information about the 3rd commit from the HEAD of a branch:

git show {{branch}}~{{3}}

Show a commit's message in a single line, suppressing the diff output:

git show --oneline {{[-s|--no-patch]}} {{commit}}

Show only statistics (added/removed characters) about the changed files:

git show --stat {{commit}}

Show a simplified list of all files changed in a commit (modified, added, and deleted):

git show --name-only {{commit}}

Show the contents of a file as it was at a given revision (e.g. branch, tag, or commit):

git show {{revision}}:{{path/to/file}}

Code Snippets

Show information about the latest commit (hash, message, changes, and other metadata)

git show

Show information about a specific commit, tag, or branch (such as `HEAD` for the latest commit)

git show {{commit|tag|branch}}

Show only the list of added, renamed, or deleted files

git show --summary {{commit}}

Show information about the 3rd commit from the `HEAD` of a branch

git show {{branch}}~{{3}}

Show a commit's message in a single line, suppressing the diff output

git show --oneline {{[-s|--no-patch]}} {{commit}}

Context

tldr-pages: common/git show

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