git show shows various Git objects.

For commits:

Shows the commit message and a diff of the changes introduced.

Command | Description | –––––––––––––––– | ———– |git show | shows the previous commitgit show @~3 | shows the 3rd-from-last commit

For trees and blobs:

Shows the tree or blob.

Command | Description | –––––––––––––––– | ———– |git show @~3: | shows the project root directory as it was 3 commits ago (a tree)git show @~3:src/program.js | shows src/program.js as it was 3 commits ago (a blob)git show @:a.txt @:b.txt | shows a.txt concatenated with b.txt from current commit

For tags:

Shows the tag message and the referenced object.