Using Git to Display a Previous Version of a File

Fri Jul 04 00:24:34 -0700 2008 by railsdog

The other day I needed to see the previous version of a file.  I had some trouble locating the command to do this so I thought I would post it here for the intrepid Googler.


git show HEAD^:filename
You can also view a specific version of the file with:



git show sha1:filename