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git-cat-file(1)
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v0.1, May 2005
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NAME
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----
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git-cat-file - Provide content or type information for repository objects
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SYNOPSIS
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--------
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'git-cat-file' (-t | -s | <type>) <object>
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DESCRIPTION
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-----------
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Provides content or type of objects in the repository. The type
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is required unless '-t' is used to find the object type,
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or '-s' is used to find the object size.
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OPTIONS
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-------
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<object>::
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The sha1 identifier of the object.
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-t::
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Instead of the content, show the object type identified by
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<object>.
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-s::
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Instead of the content, show the object size identified by
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<object>.
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<type>::
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Typically this matches the real type of <object> but asking
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for a type that can trivially dereferenced from the given
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<object> is also permitted. An example is to ask for a
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"tree" with <object> being a commit object that contains it,
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or to ask for a "blob" with <object> being a tag object that
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points at it.
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OUTPUT
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------
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If '-t' is specified, one of the <type>. If '-s' is specified,
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the size of the <object> in bytes.
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Otherwise the raw (though uncompressed) contents of the <object> will
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be returned.
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Author
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Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
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Documentation
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--------------
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Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
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GIT
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Part of the link:git.html[git] suite
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