Shawn Pearce <spearce@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > Andy Parkins <andyparkins@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> svn cat:: >> Output the contents of specified files or URLs. Optionally at a >> specific revision. >> git cat-file -p $(git-ls-tree $REV $file | cut -d " " -f 3 | cut -f 1):: > > better: > > git cat-file -p $REV:$file FWIW, after some amount of git experience, I had a need for git cat-file and I found it hard to use. Why? Because following the pattern of some other commands, I really expected the following to work: git cat-file -p HEAD^2 $file Since that is similar to git diff HEAD^^ $file git checkout HEAD $file Where else uses the colon syntax? My $0.02. + seth - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html