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# git show

> Show various types of Git objects (commits, tags, etc.).
> More information: <https://git-scm.com/docs/git-show>.

- Show information about the latest commit (hash, message, changes, and other metadata):

`git show`

- Show information about a specific commit, tag, or branch (such as `HEAD` for the latest commit):

`git show {{commit|tag|branch}}`

- Show only the list of added, renamed, or deleted files:

`git show --summary {{commit}}`

- Show information about the 3rd commit from the `HEAD` of a branch:

`git show {{branch}}~{{3}}`

- Show a commit's message in a single line, suppressing the diff output:

`git show --oneline {{[-s|--no-patch]}} {{commit}}`

- Show only statistics (added/removed characters) about the changed files:

`git show --stat {{commit}}`

- Show a simplified list of all files changed in a commit (modified, added, and deleted):

`git show --name-only {{commit}}`

- Show the contents of a file as it was at a given revision (e.g. branch, tag, or commit):

`git show {{revision}}:{{path/to/file}}`
