From 4881328617ee714cdef9d92d3ee25b3a4402ed4f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: ahmed akef Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2024 19:50:31 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] docs: explain the order of output in the batched mode of git-cat-file(1) The batched mode of git-cat-file(1) reads multiple objects from stdin and prints their respective contents to stdout. The order in which those objects are printed is not documented and may not be immediately obvious to the user. Document it. Signed-off-by: ahmed akef Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano --- Documentation/git-cat-file.txt | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/git-cat-file.txt b/Documentation/git-cat-file.txt index bd95a6c10a..d5890ae368 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-cat-file.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-cat-file.txt @@ -270,9 +270,9 @@ BATCH OUTPUT ------------ If `--batch` or `--batch-check` is given, `cat-file` will read objects -from stdin, one per line, and print information about them. By default, -the whole line is considered as an object, as if it were fed to -linkgit:git-rev-parse[1]. +from stdin, one per line, and print information about them in the same +order as they have been read. By default, the whole line is +considered as an object, as if it were fed to linkgit:git-rev-parse[1]. When `--batch-command` is given, `cat-file` will read commands from stdin, one per line, and print information based on the command given. With