How to retrieve a single file from a specific revision in Git?

Question

I have a Git repository and I\'d like to see how some files looked a few months ago. I found the revision at that date; it\'s 27cf8e84bb88e24ae4b4b3df2b77aab91a3735d8<

Answer 1

Get the file from a previous commit through checking-out previous commit and copying file.

• Note which branch you are on: git branch
• Checkout the previous commit you want: git checkout 27cf8e84bb88e24ae4b4b3df2b77aab91a3735d8
• Copy the file you want to a temporary location
• Checkout the branch you started from: git checkout theBranchYouNoted
• Copy in the file you placed in a temporary location
• Commit your change to git: git commit -m "added file ?? from previous commit"