documentation: add brief mention of cat-file to tutorial part I

I'd rather avoid git cat-file so early on, but the

	git-cat-file -p old-commit:/path/to/file

trick is too useful....

Also fix a nearby typo while we're at it.

Signed-off-by: J. Bruce Fields <bfields@citi.umich.edu>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
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J. Bruce Fields
2006-05-29 19:31:33 -04:00
committed by Junio C Hamano
parent 2be1bc48ff
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@ -435,12 +435,18 @@ adjust gitk's fonts by holding down the control key while pressing
Finally, most commands that take filenames will optionally allow you Finally, most commands that take filenames will optionally allow you
to precede any filename by a commit, to specify a particular version to precede any filename by a commit, to specify a particular version
fo the file: of the file:
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$ git diff v2.5:Makefile HEAD:Makefile.in $ git diff v2.5:Makefile HEAD:Makefile.in
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You can also use "git cat-file -p" to see any such file:
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$ git cat-file -p v2.5:Makefile
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