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Read the source of the C module we are working on, before we made any changes.

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Read Unmodified C Module

Read the source of the C module(s) we are working on, as they were before we made any changes.

Arguments

  • <module path>: Module name to read (e.g., src/numeric_range_tree or src/aggregate/aggregate_debug), without extension
  • <module path 1> <module path 2>: Multiple module names to read

If the path doesn't include src/, assume it to be in the src directory. E.g. numeric_range_tree becomes src/numeric_range_tree.

Instructions

For each module path:

# Read header file
git show master:<module path>.h
# Read implementation file
git show master:<module path>.c