git-show: various tweaks (#1341)

- adjust punctuation & spacing in main description
- adjust descriptions ("changes" --> "information", and explicitly list which info is returned in the first example)
- use a concrete example for the tilde notation
- add abbreviated example
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# git show
> Show various types of git objects(commits, tags etc.).
> Show various types of git objects (commits, tags, etc.).
- Show changes made in the latest commit:
- Show information about the latest commit (message, changes, and other metadata):
`git show`
- Show changes made in a given commit:
- Show information about a given commit:
`git show {{commit}}`
- Show changes made in the commit with a given tag:
- Show information about the commit associated with a given tag:
`git show {{tag}}`
- Show the changes made n commits ago on a branch:
- Show information about the 3rd commit from the tip of a branch:
`git show {{branch}}~{{n}}`
`git show {{branch}}~{{3}}`
- Show a commit's hash and message in a single line, suppressing the diff output:
`git show --oneline -s {{commit}}`