SYNOPSIS
--------
+[verse]
'git show' [options] <object>...
DESCRIPTION
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`.
+'git diff-tree --cc'.
For tags, it shows the tag message and the referenced objects.
-For trees, it shows the names (equivalent to `git-ls-tree`
+For trees, it shows the names (equivalent to 'git ls-tree'
with \--name-only).
For plain blobs, it shows the plain contents.
-The command takes options applicable to the `git-diff-tree` command to
+The command takes options applicable to the 'git diff-tree' command to
control how the changes the commit introduces are shown.
This manual page describes only the most frequently used options.
OPTIONS
-------
-<object>::
- The name of the object to show.
+<object>...::
+ The names of objects to show.
For a more complete list of ways to spell object names, see
- "SPECIFYING REVISIONS" section in linkgit:git-rev-parse[1].
+ "SPECIFYING REVISIONS" section in linkgit:gitrevisions[7].
include::pretty-options.txt[]
EXAMPLES
--------
-git show v1.0.0::
+`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\}::
+`git show v1.0.0^\{tree\}`::
Shows the tree pointed to by the tag `v1.0.0`.
-git show next~10:Documentation/README::
+`git show -s --format=%s v1.0.0^\{commit\}`::
+ Shows the subject of the commit 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::
+`git show master:Makefile master:t/Makefile`::
Concatenates the contents of said Makefiles in the head
of the branch `master`.
include::i18n.txt[]
-Author
-------
-Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> and
-Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>. Significantly enhanced by
-Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>.
-
-
-Documentation
--------------
-Documentation by David Greaves, Petr Baudis and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
-
GIT
---
Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite