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.
<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[]
git show v1.0.0^\{tree\}::
Shows the tree pointed to by the tag `v1.0.0`.
+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