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| author | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2023-06-23 13:26:29 -0700 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2023-06-23 13:26:29 -0700 |
| commit | 9469c13db24e0edec73595887cf74f38efd89a55 (patch) | |
| tree | 269e9e6ab7f3dc3a8481c537a8e49f018f6361c2 /git-cat-file.txt | |
| parent | a7b2c10835189668841231edffc77e7dbb020487 (diff) | |
| download | git-htmldocs-9469c13db24e0edec73595887cf74f38efd89a55.tar.gz | |
Autogenerated HTML docs for v2.41.0-191-g6ff334
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1 files changed, 13 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/git-cat-file.txt b/git-cat-file.txt index 411de2e27..0e4936d18 100644 --- a/git-cat-file.txt +++ b/git-cat-file.txt @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ SYNOPSIS 'git cat-file' (-t | -s) [--allow-unknown-type] <object> 'git cat-file' (--batch | --batch-check | --batch-command) [--batch-all-objects] [--buffer] [--follow-symlinks] [--unordered] - [--textconv | --filters] [-z] + [--textconv | --filters] [-Z] 'git cat-file' (--textconv | --filters) [<rev>:<path|tree-ish> | --path=<path|tree-ish> <rev>] @@ -243,10 +243,16 @@ respectively print: /etc/passwd -- +-Z:: + Only meaningful with `--batch`, `--batch-check`, or + `--batch-command`; input and output is NUL-delimited instead of + newline-delimited. + -z:: Only meaningful with `--batch`, `--batch-check`, or `--batch-command`; input is NUL-delimited instead of - newline-delimited. + newline-delimited. This option is deprecated in favor of + `-Z` as the output can otherwise be ambiguous. OUTPUT @@ -384,6 +390,11 @@ notdir SP <size> LF is printed when, during symlink resolution, a file is used as a directory name. +Alternatively, when `-Z` is passed, the line feeds in any of the above examples +are replaced with NUL terminators. This ensures that output will be parsable if +the output itself would contain a linefeed and is thus recommended for +scripting purposes. + CAVEATS ------- |