Inspecting files

ver show

Print a file’s content as recorded in a snapshot:

ver show src/main.rs                      # at the current head
ver show src/main.rs --snapshot v1        # at a named snapshot
ver show src/main.rs -s 9f86d08...        # at a snapshot ID

Text files print as-is; binary files are hex-dumped. For large files, read a byte range:

ver show big.bin --offset 1024 --limit 4096

Output is piped through a pager.

ver diff

Unified diff of one file between two snapshots:

ver diff src/main.rs --base v1            # v1 -> current head
ver diff src/main.rs --base v1 --head v2  # v1 -> v2

--head defaults to the current head. The output is a standard unified diff with the snapshot names in the file headers.

When the file exists in only one of the two snapshots, diff tells you instead of printing a patch:

Path src/main.rs does not exist in base snapshot, but exists in head

Binary files can’t be diffed; if either side isn’t text, ver diff stays silent for that pair.