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Asked: 2026-05-16T20:52:00+00:00

The problem is the following: how to fetch a few files from a previous

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The problem is the following: how to fetch a few files from a previous commit in git?

I could get the files one by one and replace them by their old version:

git show <commit>:<path>  >!  path

However, I would like to know whether there is a different way of performing the same thing, possibly with git reset.

In fact, I gather that

git reset <commit> <path>

puts the old file into the index. But how can the files in the index be moved back to the working tree? Or is this a bad approach?

PS: There is a wonderful graphical explanation that makes everything clear: http://marklodato.github.com/visual-git-guide/.

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  1. Editorial Team

    To put a file from a given revision into both the index and the working tree in one step, check it out:

    git checkout <commit> <path>

    If you’ve already put it only into the index, using git reset <commit> <path>, then no need to specify a commit:

    git checkout <path>

    That is, by default, git checkout <path> copies from index to work tree, but if provided a revision argument, it will copy from there into the index first.

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