How do I look at a file across revisions?

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I'm familiar with using https://github.com/jonas/tig to view my changes, but often I want to see the whole file and quickly run through the changes. I think this "git timemachine" feature doesn't exist in tig judging my these bug reports:

My workaround is the use tig blame $filename and hit f to look at the blob at that revision, which is super awkward since different lines change at different times.

What am I missing?

My workaround is to use :0Gclog from vim-fugitive – hendry Nov 26 '21 at 08:00 — hendry, Nov 26 '21 at 08:00

score 3 · Accepted Answer · edited Dec 08 '21 at 06:27

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Maybe this binding:

bind generic V !sh -c 'git show $1:$2' -- %(commit) %(fileargs)

then run something like tig -- README.adoc. Select a commit and hit "V" to view the file.

edited Dec 08 '21 at 06:27

hendry

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answered Nov 27 '21 at 16:26

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sorry, what key is "ae"? – hendry Dec 01 '21 at 08:34
Doesn't work, just gives me a file listing? https://s.natalian.org/2021-12-01/tig-try.mp4 – hendry Dec 01 '21 at 08:43
"ae" is just a sequence of two keys. – johannes Dec 04 '21 at 16:01
My bad, `%(file)` is only filled after you move your cursor over a file in diff view etc. But instead you can use `%(fileargs)`, that will use whatever you passed on the command line (RADME.adoc in this case) – johannes Dec 04 '21 at 16:06

How do I look at a file across revisions?

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