Chapter 37: Show

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Section 37.1: Overview

git show is a command that displays various Git objects.

For commits:

Shows the commit message and a diff of the changes introduced.

Command	Description
`git show`	shows the previous commit
`git show @~3`	shows the 3rd-from-last commit

For trees and blobs:

Shows the tree or blob.

Command	Description
`git show @~3:`	shows the project root directory as it was 3 commits ago (a tree)
`git show @~3:src/program.js`	shows `src/program.js` as it was 3 commits ago (a blob)
`git show @:a.txt @:b.txt`	shows `a.txt` concatenated with `b.txt` from the current commit

For tags:

Shows the tag message and the referenced object.