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Created February 28, 2014 14:18
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How to grab a file from a previous git commit
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grabbing a file from a previous git commit
git checkout HEAD~n path/to/file.ext
git commit -am "Retrieving file_name.ext from previous commit"
git push origin
Where n in HEAD~n is the number of previous commits to go back for the file.
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