@ -9,14 +9,15 @@ git-cat-file - Provide content or type and size information for repository objec
@@ -9,14 +9,15 @@ git-cat-file - Provide content or type and size information for repository objec
SYNOPSIS
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[verse]
'git cat-file' (-t | -s | -e | -p | <type>) <object>
'git cat-file' (-t | -s | -e | -p | <type> | --textconv ) <object>
'git cat-file' (--batch | --batch-check) < <list-of-objects>
DESCRIPTION
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In its first form, the command provides the content or the type of an object in
the repository. The type is required unless '-t' or '-p' is used to find the
object type, or '-s' is used to find the object size.
object type, or '-s' is used to find the object size, or '--textconv' is used
(which implies type "blob").
In the second form, a list of objects (separated by linefeeds) is provided on
stdin, and the SHA1, type, and size of each object is printed on stdout.
@ -51,6 +52,11 @@ OPTIONS
@@ -51,6 +52,11 @@ OPTIONS
or to ask for a "blob" with <object> being a tag object that
points at it.
--textconv::
Show the content as transformed by a textconv filter. In this case,
<object> has be of the form <treeish>:<path>, or :<path> in order
to apply the filter to the content recorded in the index at <path>.
--batch::
Print the SHA1, type, size, and contents of each object provided on
stdin. May not be combined with any other options or arguments.