checkout a file from a different branch into a different path in your current branch

Question

So I know we can checkout files from other branches into our current working branch with :

git checkout [someOtherBranch] [path/to/file]

What I'm hoping is that something like this is possible :

git checkout [someOtherBranch] [path/to/file] [path/we/want/to/copy/to]

Is this possible?

Andrew C · Accepted Answer · 2015-11-02 22:55:58Z

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You can cat the contents of the file and then use standard shell redirection to put it wherever you want.

git show [someOtherBranch]:path/to/file > newpath/to/file

answered Nov 2, 2015 at 22:55

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Thanks. That was exactly what I was looking for