single-file – Tarik Billa

Can I compile and debug (run) a single C++ file in Visual Studio 2012? (How to avoid creating too many projects)

December 13, 2023 by Tarik

Although it’s too late to add this answer, but it might be useful to the future-viewers. This is what I did – While trying to figure out how to use Visual Studio for the very same purpose you asked, I observed and found that for a C++ project, there should be only one starting point, … Read more

How to retrieve a single file from a specific revision in Git?

September 5, 2022 by Tarik

Using git show To complete your own answer, the syntax is indeed git show object git show $REV:$FILE git show somebranch:from/the/root/myfile.txt git show HEAD^^^:test/test.py The command takes the usual style of revision, meaning you can use any of the following: branch name (as suggested by ash) HEAD + x number of ^ characters The SHA1 … Read more