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+git-show(1)
+===========
+
+NAME
+----
+git-show - Show various types of objects
+
+
+SYNOPSIS
+--------
+[verse]
+'git show' [<options>] [<object>...]
+
+DESCRIPTION
+-----------
+Shows one or more objects (blobs, trees, tags and commits).
+
+For commits it shows the log message and textual diff. It also
+presents the merge commit in a special format as produced by
+'git diff-tree --cc'.
+
+For tags, it shows the tag message and the referenced objects.
+
+For trees, it shows the names (equivalent to 'git ls-tree'
+with --name-only).
+
+For plain blobs, it shows the plain contents.
+
+The command takes options applicable to the 'git diff-tree' command to
+control how the changes the commit introduces are shown.
+
+This manual page describes only the most frequently used options.
+
+
+OPTIONS
+-------
+<object>...::
+	The names of objects to show (defaults to 'HEAD').
+	For a more complete list of ways to spell object names, see
+	"SPECIFYING REVISIONS" section in linkgit:gitrevisions[7].
+
+include::pretty-options.txt[]
+
+
+include::pretty-formats.txt[]
+
+
+COMMON DIFF OPTIONS
+-------------------
+
+:git-log: 1
+include::diff-options.txt[]
+
+include::diff-generate-patch.txt[]
+
+
+EXAMPLES
+--------
+
+`git show v1.0.0`::
+	Shows the tag `v1.0.0`, along with the object the tags
+	points at.
+
+`git show v1.0.0^{tree}`::
+	Shows the tree pointed to by the tag `v1.0.0`.
+
+`git show -s --format=%s v1.0.0^{commit}`::
+	Shows the subject of the commit pointed to by the
+	tag `v1.0.0`.
+
+`git show next~10:Documentation/README`::
+	Shows the contents of the file `Documentation/README` as
+	they were current in the 10th last commit of the branch
+	`next`.
+
+`git show master:Makefile master:t/Makefile`::
+	Concatenates the contents of said Makefiles in the head
+	of the branch `master`.
+
+DISCUSSION
+----------
+
+include::i18n.txt[]
+
+GIT
+---
+Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite