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| author | Junio C Hamano <junio@hera.kernel.org> | 2008-05-26 01:16:14 +0000 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <junio@hera.kernel.org> | 2008-05-26 01:16:14 +0000 |
| commit | dfccbb0719b88f4df05bf718c6008166dbadea44 (patch) | |
| tree | ddd5483c51044cab7a070039655f0b4074b1dfe6 /git-cat-file.txt | |
| parent | b713ff1cbf5b9979edaf2b85bfc568fbc37ec0d7 (diff) | |
| download | git-htmldocs-dfccbb0719b88f4df05bf718c6008166dbadea44.tar.gz | |
Autogenerated HTML docs for v1.5.6-rc0
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diff --git a/git-cat-file.txt b/git-cat-file.txt index df42cb10f..f6c394c48 100644 --- a/git-cat-file.txt +++ b/git-cat-file.txt @@ -9,12 +9,16 @@ git-cat-file - Provide content or type/size information for repository objects SYNOPSIS -------- 'git-cat-file' [-t | -s | -e | -p | <type>] <object> +'git-cat-file' [--batch | --batch-check] < <list-of-objects> DESCRIPTION ----------- -Provides content or type of objects 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. +In the first form, provides content or type of objects 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. + +In the second form, a list of object (separated by LFs) is provided on stdin, +and the SHA1, type, and size of each object is printed on stdout. OPTIONS ------- @@ -46,6 +50,14 @@ OPTIONS or to ask for a "blob" with <object> being a tag object that points at it. +--batch:: + Print the SHA1, type, size, and contents of each object provided on + stdin. May not be combined with any other options or arguments. + +--batch-check:: + Print the SHA1, type, and size of each object provided on stdin. May not be + combined with any other options or arguments. + OUTPUT ------ If '-t' is specified, one of the <type>. @@ -56,9 +68,30 @@ If '-e' is specified, no output. If '-p' is specified, the contents of <object> are pretty-printed. -Otherwise the raw (though uncompressed) contents of the <object> will -be returned. +If <type> is specified, the raw (though uncompressed) contents of the <object> +will be returned. + +If '--batch' is specified, output of the following form is printed for each +object specified on stdin: + +------------ +<sha1> SP <type> SP <size> LF +<contents> LF +------------ + +If '--batch-check' is specified, output of the following form is printed for +each object specified fon stdin: + +------------ +<sha1> SP <type> SP <size> LF +------------ + +For both '--batch' and '--batch-check', output of the following form is printed +for each object specified on stdin that does not exist in the repository: +------------ +<object> SP missing LF +------------ Author ------ |