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authorJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2013-08-02 11:24:42 -0700
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2013-08-02 11:24:42 -0700
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@@ -88,10 +88,8 @@ BATCH OUTPUT
If `--batch` or `--batch-check` is given, `cat-file` will read objects
from stdin, one per line, and print information about them.
-Each line is split at the first whitespace boundary. All characters
-before that whitespace are considered as a whole object name, and are
-parsed as if given to linkgit:git-rev-parse[1]. Characters after that
-whitespace can be accessed using the `%(rest)` atom (see below).
+Each line is considered as a whole object name, and is parsed as if
+given to linkgit:git-rev-parse[1].
You can specify the information shown for each object by using a custom
`<format>`. The `<format>` is copied literally to stdout for each
@@ -112,10 +110,6 @@ newline. The available atoms are:
The size, in bytes, that the object takes up on disk. See the
note about on-disk sizes in the `CAVEATS` section below.
-`rest`::
- The text (if any) found after the first run of whitespace on the
- input line (i.e., the "rest" of the line).
-
If no format is specified, the default format is `%(objectname)
%(objecttype) %(objectsize)`.