NAME
----
-git-show - Show one commit with difference it introduces
+git-show - Show various types of objects
SYNOPSIS
--------
-'git-show' <option>...
+'git-show' [options] <object>...
DESCRIPTION
-----------
-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.
+
+The command takes options applicable to the gitlink:git-diff-tree[1] command to
+control how the changes the commit introduces are shown.
This manual page describes only the most frequently used options.
OPTIONS
-------
-<commitid>::
- ID of the commit to show.
+<object>::
+ The name of the object to show.
+ For a more complete list of ways to spell object names, see
+ "SPECIFYING REVISIONS" section in gitlink:git-rev-parse[1].
include::pretty-formats.txt[]
+
+EXAMPLES
+--------
+
+git show v1.0.0::
+ Shows the tag `v1.0.0`, along with the object the tags
+ points at.
+
+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`.
+
+Discussion
+----------
+
+include::i18n.txt[]
+
Author
------
Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> and
-Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
+Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>. Significantly enhanced by
+Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>.
Documentation