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Git view command

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TFS 2018

Visual Studio 2019 | Visual Studio 2022

The tf git view command retrieves a file from a Git repository to a temporary location on your computer and displays it.

Prerequisites

  • For requirements, see Default TFVC permissions.

  • You must be able to view the artifact for the type of information you are requesting: View collection-level information for project collections, View project-level information for projects, and Read for repository and branch if you're viewing branch information. For more information, see Default Git permissions.

Syntax

tf git view /collection:TeamProjectCollectionUrl
            /teamproject:TeamProjectIdentifier
            /repository:RepositoryIdentifier
            (/blobId:blobId | /path:path [/commitId:commitId])
            [/output:localfile]
            [/console]
            [/login:username[,password]]

Parameters

Parameter Description
/collection:<TeamProjectCollectionUrl> Specifies the URL of the project collection that contains the file to view. For example: http://myserver:8080/tfs/DefaultCollection or https://dev.azure.com/fabrikam-fiber. This parameter is required.
/teamproject:<TeamProjectIdentifier> Specifies the name of the project that contains the repo. This parameter is required.
/repository:<RepositoryIdentifier> Specifies the name of the repo that contains the file to view. This parameter is required.
/blobId:<blobId> Specifies the ID of a blob to retrieve. This option can't be used with the path parameter. One of either path or blob is required.
/path:<path> Specifies the path of the file. This option can't be used with the blob parameter. One of either path or blob is required.
/commitId:<commitId> Specifies the commit that contains the file to open for viewing. If you omit this option, git view retrieves the latest version from the default branch, typically main. This parameter can only be used with the path option.
/output:<localfile> The path and name under which to save the retrieved file. If not supplied, the file is saved in %Temp%\TFSTemp.
/console Specifies that the file output should be directed to the console. This parameter is useful if you want to write the file out to disk using console redirection, with a different name or location than the versioned item.
/login:<username>[,<password>] Specifies the user account to run the command. See Use Team Foundation version control commands.

Examples

Note

The following examples are broken into multiple lines for readability. To copy and paste them into the command-line and run them, first copy them and paste them into Notepad or another tool and edit them so the commands are contained on a single line.

The following example retrieves a file from the default branch, typically main, saves it to the current folder, and prompts the user for their credentials.

tf git view /collection:https://dev.azure.com/fabrikam-fiber /teamproject:FabrikamProject 
            /repository:FabrikamRepo 
            /path:FabrikamApp/Global.asax.cs 
            /output:Global.asax.cs

The following example retrieves a file from the default branch, typically main, and doesn't prompt for credentials since they're supplied.

tf git view /collection:https://dev.azure.com/fabrikam-fiber 
            /teamproject:FabrikamProject 
            /repository:FabrikamRepo 
            /path:FabrikamApp/Global.asax.cs 
            /output:Global.asax.cs 
            /login:FabrikamUser@hotmail.com,FabrikamPassword

The following example retrieves a file from the specified commit.

tf git view /collection:https://dev.azure.com/fabrikam-fiber 
            /teamproject:FabrikamProject 
            /repository:FabrikamRepo 
            /path:FabrikamApp/Global.asax.cs 
            /commitID:a2db383ffefa46a6f6638605a806925ea7c16ad9 
            /output:Global.asax.cs 
            /login:FabrikamUser@hotmail.com,FabrikamPassword