The Git's special HEAD object always points to the current snapshot/commit, so we can use that as the target for our request of the commit that we want to have a look at:
$ git cat-file -p HEAD tree 34fa038544bcd9aed660c08320214bafff94150bparent 5c662c018efced42ca5e9cce709787c40a849f34author John Doe <john.doe@example.com> 1386933960 +0100committer John Doe <john.doe@example.com> 1386941455 +0100
This is the subject line of the commit message. It should be followed by a blank line and then the body, which is this text. Here, you can use multiple paragraphs to explain your commit. It's like an email with a subject and a body to try to attract people's attention to the subject.
The cat-file command with the -p option prints ...
