Inspect a git commit, tag, tree, or blob with git show

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Documented steps

  1. Show the most recent commit's message and diff: `git show` (defaults to HEAD).
  2. Inspect a specific commit: `git show <sha>`.
  3. Compact one-line view: `git show --oneline <sha>`, or a file-change summary with `git show --stat <sha>`.
  4. Print a file's content as of a commit: `git show <sha>:<path>`.
  5. View a tag object's message and the object it points at: `git show <tagname>`.
  6. Control the layout with the same pretty/log options: `git show --pretty=format:"%h %an %s" <sha>`.
  7. Official docs: https://git-scm.com/docs/git-show

Known gotchas

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