🍜 Alan Braithwaite Feb 28, 2024

Ever need to read a single file from another branch that's not currently active in git? I use this probably weekly to do just that. Useful in cases where you want to cherry pick a file from another branch (if the file was changed over multiple commits).

https://gist.github.com/abraithwaite/1a63282b1fd0fb03df7946f8367857f1

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Show threadJames SanfordFeb 28, 2024
@Caust1c git show branch:file is another way
Show thread🍜 Alan Braithwaite 
@jsanford Wow, TIL! This is waay better. Thank you! How did I not know about this?
Feb 28, 2024 at 11:30pmWeb
Show threadBen CarlssonFeb 29, 2024
@Caust1c @jsanford Also git restore --source COMMIT [-p] filename
Show thread🍜 Alan Braithwaite Nov 22, 2024

@glacials @jsanford

I've referenced this thread multiple times since y'all both pointed me to better ways! 😄