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List:       git
Subject:    Re: finding the commit that deleted a file
From:       Christoph Duelli <duelli () melosgmbh ! de>
Date:       2009-04-30 8:33:37
Message-ID: 49F96261.3060104 () melosgmbh ! de
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Baz schrieb:
> 2009/4/30 Alex Riesen <raa.lkml@gmail.com>:
>> 2009/4/30 Christoph Duelli <duelli@melosgmbh.de>:
>>> Following scenario:
>>> Some file x was deleted (or renamed, but the --follow option does not
>>> succeed) some 100 commits ago.
>>> Now, I would like to check the 'lost' contents for some reason.
>>>
>>> Is it possible to find out when a given file (path) was deleted?
> 
> For completeness, the answer to the first part of the question:
> 
> git log --diff-filter=D -- the/name/of/deleted/file
> 
>>> (And then, with the obtained SHA1, use gitk or some such tool to inspect
>>>  this file.)
>> "gitk -- the/name/of/deleted/file" :)
>> --
Great, thanks.
Both of these work!

Bes regards
-- 
Christoph Duelli

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