git show

To see the changes in a particular commit, use git show.

git show <commit_hash> has an argument of a commit hash. It will show the commit metadata (author, date, hash) and the diff of that commit (the changes made in that commit.)

NOTE: Your commit history will differ from the screenshots shown, since your author and dates will be different. As a result, your commit hashes will not be the same either.

another_awesome_file commit hash

Using the hash from the example commit log, the command will look like:

$ git show 379fca12162de3daa32ed878fed3c0652919af79

git show another_awesome_file

We can see that this commit added the new file another_awesome_file.

If we look at the previous commit, we'll see the change of our text from Hello Git to Hello World.

Remember your hash will be different than the example.

previous commit hash

$ git show a66d011bf8139e66f3b267bbb275854e91260f66

git show previous commit

hash shortcuts

It's interesting to note that these hashes are so unique that you can use the first 8 characters when referencing a commit.

In this example, git show a66d011bf8139e66f3b267bbb275854e91260f66 and git show a66d011b will show the same commit.

We can also use the alias HEAD if we want to see the most recent commit, since HEAD is always a pointer to the most recent commit's hash.

In this example, git show 379fca12162de3daa32ed878fed3c0652919af79 and git show HEAD will show the same commit.

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