"Nikodemus Siivola" <nikodemus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > On 8/15/07, Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> People should learn this command. Really. >> >> $ git cat-file -p :$n:path >> >> where $n == 2 is ours, $n == 1 is common ancestor, and $n == 3 >> is theirs. > > A question related to this: as a user, how can I tell if a command > is something I'm expected to use, or if thinking I need it is a > sign that I'm doing something wrong? Good question. I guess "git show" instead of "git cat-file -p" is probably the recommended way these days. Mostly sticking to what the user manual demonstrates would be a safe thing to do, as J. Bruce Fields has really did a great job carefully picking the order of the commands to be presented in the manual. - 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
