Last Updated: February 25, 2016
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Git: View a file in a different branch

To view a file in a different git branch (without checking it out) you can run the following:

git show <branch>:<file>

Bonus points for piping it to your favorite editor:

git show feature/add-all-the-things:css/cool.css | vim -R -