git show Command Guide

# Show the last commit with diff
git show

# Show a specific commit
git show abc1234

# Show with statistics
git show --stat

# Show HEAD (most recent commit)
git show HEAD

# Show commit relative to HEAD
git show HEAD~1    # Previous commit
git show HEAD~3    # 3 commits ago
git show HEAD^     # Parent of HEAD

# Show by commit hash
git show abc1234

# Show commit matching message pattern
git show :/fix     # First commit with "fix" in message

# Show commit info without diff
git show -q abc1234
git show --quiet abc1234

# Show only the commit message
git show -s --format=%B abc1234

# Show file at specific commit
git show abc1234:src/app.js

# Show file at HEAD
git show HEAD:package.json

# Show file from 3 commits ago
git show HEAD~3:config.json

# Show file from another branch
git show feature:src/utils.js

# Show only certain file's changes in commit
git show abc1234 -- src/app.js

# Show annotated tag (includes message)
git show v1.0.0

# Show tag and its commit
git show --stat v1.0.0

# List files at a tag
git show v1.0.0 --name-only

# Review last commit before pushing
git show

# Quick look at commit summary
git show --stat HEAD

# Get old version of a file
git show v1.0.0:src/config.js > old-config.js

# See what files changed in a commit
git show --name-only abc1234

# Check what was merged
git show --stat <merge-commit>

# View remote branch's last commit
git show origin/main