Fetch all the previous versions of any file committed in Git

Question

I want to fetch all the previous versions of a file (let's assume Abc.xml) that I've committed in Git.

Is there any way to do so? I am sure Git has versioning system and so what I feel that my older file versions can be available. Any suggestions?

Answer 1

You can see the log of your file:

git log -- myFile

Or, for all branches:

gitk --all -- myFile

Then checkout (meaning replace in your current working tree) your file with any past version

git checkout <commit> <file>

Or simply see it with git show.

I was getting error as : object file is empty

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