tldr/pages/common/git-show.md

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 (message, changes, and other metadata):

git show

• Show information about a given commit:

git show {{commit}}

• Show information about the commit associated with a given tag:

git show {{tag}}

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

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

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

git show --oneline -s {{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}}