var git = require('../'), path = require('path'); // This example opens a certain file, `README.md`, at a particular commit, // and prints the first 10 lines as well as some metadata. git.Repo.open(path.resolve(__dirname, '../.git'), function(error, repo) { if (error) throw error; repo.getCommit('59b20b8d5c6ff8d09518454d4dd8b7b30f095ab5', function(error, commit) { if (error) throw error; commit.getEntry('README.md', function(error, entry) { if (error) throw error; entry.getBlob(function(error, blob) { if (error) throw error; console.log(entry.name(), entry.sha(), blob.size() + 'b'); console.log('========================================================\n\n'); var firstTenLines = blob.toString().split('\n').slice(0, 10).join('\n'); console.log(firstTenLines); console.log('...'); }); }); }); });