Fetch all the previous versions of any file committed in Git

Question

I want to fetch all the previous versions of a file (let's assume Abc.xml) that I've committed in Git.

Is there any way to do so? I am sure Git has versioning system and so what I feel that my older file versions can be available. Any suggestions?

The first suggestion: check **ANY** git tutorial. – zerkms Feb 19 '17 at 10:10 — zerkms, Feb 19 '17 at 10:10

score 2 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 11:53

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You can see the log of your file:

git log -- myFile

Or, for all branches:

gitk --all -- myFile

Then checkout (meaning replace in your current working tree) your file with any past version

git checkout <commit> <file>

Or simply see it with git show.

I was getting error as : object file is empty

Then check out:

edited May 23 '17 at 11:53

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answered Feb 19 '17 at 10:13

VonC

I didn't know `gitk` took a filename parameter. Handy, thanks! – halfer Feb 19 '17 at 10:15
@Vonc I was getting error as : object file is empty. – Ashraf.Shk786 Feb 19 '17 at 10:18
@Ashraf.Shk786 with which git command, on which OS, using which shell? (and which git version?) – VonC Feb 19 '17 at 10:20
@Vonc its working fine. I've restarted my machine and now tried to use the same commands mentioned. Thanks. – Ashraf.Shk786 Feb 19 '17 at 10:58

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 19 '17 at 10:12

Yes, you can do:

git log Abc.xml

to get hashes of commits that change this file. Then, for each hash, you can show the change:

git show c0d235cae22540ef1bcd2a35dddd919166d45666

Most IDEs have this feature integrated as well. NetBeans has a very good interface to Git.

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