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   1/*
   2 * GIT - The information manager from hell
   3 *
   4 * Copyright (C) Linus Torvalds, 2005
   5 */
   6#define USE_THE_INDEX_COMPATIBILITY_MACROS
   7#include "cache.h"
   8#include "config.h"
   9#include "builtin.h"
  10#include "diff.h"
  11#include "parse-options.h"
  12#include "userdiff.h"
  13#include "streaming.h"
  14#include "tree-walk.h"
  15#include "sha1-array.h"
  16#include "packfile.h"
  17#include "object-store.h"
  18
  19struct batch_options {
  20        int enabled;
  21        int follow_symlinks;
  22        int print_contents;
  23        int buffer_output;
  24        int all_objects;
  25        int unordered;
  26        int cmdmode; /* may be 'w' or 'c' for --filters or --textconv */
  27        const char *format;
  28};
  29
  30static const char *force_path;
  31
  32static int filter_object(const char *path, unsigned mode,
  33                         const struct object_id *oid,
  34                         char **buf, unsigned long *size)
  35{
  36        enum object_type type;
  37
  38        *buf = read_object_file(oid, &type, size);
  39        if (!*buf)
  40                return error(_("cannot read object %s '%s'"),
  41                             oid_to_hex(oid), path);
  42        if ((type == OBJ_BLOB) && S_ISREG(mode)) {
  43                struct strbuf strbuf = STRBUF_INIT;
  44                if (convert_to_working_tree(&the_index, path, *buf, *size, &strbuf)) {
  45                        free(*buf);
  46                        *size = strbuf.len;
  47                        *buf = strbuf_detach(&strbuf, NULL);
  48                }
  49        }
  50
  51        return 0;
  52}
  53
  54static int stream_blob(const struct object_id *oid)
  55{
  56        if (stream_blob_to_fd(1, oid, NULL, 0))
  57                die("unable to stream %s to stdout", oid_to_hex(oid));
  58        return 0;
  59}
  60
  61static int cat_one_file(int opt, const char *exp_type, const char *obj_name,
  62                        int unknown_type)
  63{
  64        struct object_id oid;
  65        enum object_type type;
  66        char *buf;
  67        unsigned long size;
  68        struct object_context obj_context;
  69        struct object_info oi = OBJECT_INFO_INIT;
  70        struct strbuf sb = STRBUF_INIT;
  71        unsigned flags = OBJECT_INFO_LOOKUP_REPLACE;
  72        const char *path = force_path;
  73
  74        if (unknown_type)
  75                flags |= OBJECT_INFO_ALLOW_UNKNOWN_TYPE;
  76
  77        if (get_oid_with_context(the_repository, obj_name,
  78                                 GET_OID_RECORD_PATH,
  79                                 &oid, &obj_context))
  80                die("Not a valid object name %s", obj_name);
  81
  82        if (!path)
  83                path = obj_context.path;
  84        if (obj_context.mode == S_IFINVALID)
  85                obj_context.mode = 0100644;
  86
  87        buf = NULL;
  88        switch (opt) {
  89        case 't':
  90                oi.type_name = &sb;
  91                if (oid_object_info_extended(the_repository, &oid, &oi, flags) < 0)
  92                        die("git cat-file: could not get object info");
  93                if (sb.len) {
  94                        printf("%s\n", sb.buf);
  95                        strbuf_release(&sb);
  96                        return 0;
  97                }
  98                break;
  99
 100        case 's':
 101                oi.sizep = &size;
 102                if (oid_object_info_extended(the_repository, &oid, &oi, flags) < 0)
 103                        die("git cat-file: could not get object info");
 104                printf("%"PRIuMAX"\n", (uintmax_t)size);
 105                return 0;
 106
 107        case 'e':
 108                return !has_object_file(&oid);
 109
 110        case 'w':
 111                if (!path)
 112                        die("git cat-file --filters %s: <object> must be "
 113                            "<sha1:path>", obj_name);
 114
 115                if (filter_object(path, obj_context.mode,
 116                                  &oid, &buf, &size))
 117                        return -1;
 118                break;
 119
 120        case 'c':
 121                if (!path)
 122                        die("git cat-file --textconv %s: <object> must be <sha1:path>",
 123                            obj_name);
 124
 125                if (textconv_object(the_repository, path, obj_context.mode,
 126                                    &oid, 1, &buf, &size))
 127                        break;
 128                /* else fallthrough */
 129
 130        case 'p':
 131                type = oid_object_info(the_repository, &oid, NULL);
 132                if (type < 0)
 133                        die("Not a valid object name %s", obj_name);
 134
 135                /* custom pretty-print here */
 136                if (type == OBJ_TREE) {
 137                        const char *ls_args[3] = { NULL };
 138                        ls_args[0] =  "ls-tree";
 139                        ls_args[1] =  obj_name;
 140                        return cmd_ls_tree(2, ls_args, NULL);
 141                }
 142
 143                if (type == OBJ_BLOB)
 144                        return stream_blob(&oid);
 145                buf = read_object_file(&oid, &type, &size);
 146                if (!buf)
 147                        die("Cannot read object %s", obj_name);
 148
 149                /* otherwise just spit out the data */
 150                break;
 151
 152        case 0:
 153                if (type_from_string(exp_type) == OBJ_BLOB) {
 154                        struct object_id blob_oid;
 155                        if (oid_object_info(the_repository, &oid, NULL) == OBJ_TAG) {
 156                                char *buffer = read_object_file(&oid, &type,
 157                                                                &size);
 158                                const char *target;
 159                                if (!skip_prefix(buffer, "object ", &target) ||
 160                                    get_oid_hex(target, &blob_oid))
 161                                        die("%s not a valid tag", oid_to_hex(&oid));
 162                                free(buffer);
 163                        } else
 164                                oidcpy(&blob_oid, &oid);
 165
 166                        if (oid_object_info(the_repository, &blob_oid, NULL) == OBJ_BLOB)
 167                                return stream_blob(&blob_oid);
 168                        /*
 169                         * we attempted to dereference a tag to a blob
 170                         * and failed; there may be new dereference
 171                         * mechanisms this code is not aware of.
 172                         * fall-back to the usual case.
 173                         */
 174                }
 175                buf = read_object_with_reference(&oid, exp_type, &size, NULL);
 176                break;
 177
 178        default:
 179                die("git cat-file: unknown option: %s", exp_type);
 180        }
 181
 182        if (!buf)
 183                die("git cat-file %s: bad file", obj_name);
 184
 185        write_or_die(1, buf, size);
 186        free(buf);
 187        free(obj_context.path);
 188        return 0;
 189}
 190
 191struct expand_data {
 192        struct object_id oid;
 193        enum object_type type;
 194        unsigned long size;
 195        off_t disk_size;
 196        const char *rest;
 197        struct object_id delta_base_oid;
 198
 199        /*
 200         * If mark_query is true, we do not expand anything, but rather
 201         * just mark the object_info with items we wish to query.
 202         */
 203        int mark_query;
 204
 205        /*
 206         * Whether to split the input on whitespace before feeding it to
 207         * get_sha1; this is decided during the mark_query phase based on
 208         * whether we have a %(rest) token in our format.
 209         */
 210        int split_on_whitespace;
 211
 212        /*
 213         * After a mark_query run, this object_info is set up to be
 214         * passed to oid_object_info_extended. It will point to the data
 215         * elements above, so you can retrieve the response from there.
 216         */
 217        struct object_info info;
 218
 219        /*
 220         * This flag will be true if the requested batch format and options
 221         * don't require us to call oid_object_info, which can then be
 222         * optimized out.
 223         */
 224        unsigned skip_object_info : 1;
 225};
 226
 227static int is_atom(const char *atom, const char *s, int slen)
 228{
 229        int alen = strlen(atom);
 230        return alen == slen && !memcmp(atom, s, alen);
 231}
 232
 233static void expand_atom(struct strbuf *sb, const char *atom, int len,
 234                        void *vdata)
 235{
 236        struct expand_data *data = vdata;
 237
 238        if (is_atom("objectname", atom, len)) {
 239                if (!data->mark_query)
 240                        strbuf_addstr(sb, oid_to_hex(&data->oid));
 241        } else if (is_atom("objecttype", atom, len)) {
 242                if (data->mark_query)
 243                        data->info.typep = &data->type;
 244                else
 245                        strbuf_addstr(sb, type_name(data->type));
 246        } else if (is_atom("objectsize", atom, len)) {
 247                if (data->mark_query)
 248                        data->info.sizep = &data->size;
 249                else
 250                        strbuf_addf(sb, "%"PRIuMAX , (uintmax_t)data->size);
 251        } else if (is_atom("objectsize:disk", atom, len)) {
 252                if (data->mark_query)
 253                        data->info.disk_sizep = &data->disk_size;
 254                else
 255                        strbuf_addf(sb, "%"PRIuMAX, (uintmax_t)data->disk_size);
 256        } else if (is_atom("rest", atom, len)) {
 257                if (data->mark_query)
 258                        data->split_on_whitespace = 1;
 259                else if (data->rest)
 260                        strbuf_addstr(sb, data->rest);
 261        } else if (is_atom("deltabase", atom, len)) {
 262                if (data->mark_query)
 263                        data->info.delta_base_sha1 = data->delta_base_oid.hash;
 264                else
 265                        strbuf_addstr(sb,
 266                                      oid_to_hex(&data->delta_base_oid));
 267        } else
 268                die("unknown format element: %.*s", len, atom);
 269}
 270
 271static size_t expand_format(struct strbuf *sb, const char *start, void *data)
 272{
 273        const char *end;
 274
 275        if (*start != '(')
 276                return 0;
 277        end = strchr(start + 1, ')');
 278        if (!end)
 279                die("format element '%s' does not end in ')'", start);
 280
 281        expand_atom(sb, start + 1, end - start - 1, data);
 282
 283        return end - start + 1;
 284}
 285
 286static void batch_write(struct batch_options *opt, const void *data, int len)
 287{
 288        if (opt->buffer_output) {
 289                if (fwrite(data, 1, len, stdout) != len)
 290                        die_errno("unable to write to stdout");
 291        } else
 292                write_or_die(1, data, len);
 293}
 294
 295static void print_object_or_die(struct batch_options *opt, struct expand_data *data)
 296{
 297        const struct object_id *oid = &data->oid;
 298
 299        assert(data->info.typep);
 300
 301        if (data->type == OBJ_BLOB) {
 302                if (opt->buffer_output)
 303                        fflush(stdout);
 304                if (opt->cmdmode) {
 305                        char *contents;
 306                        unsigned long size;
 307
 308                        if (!data->rest)
 309                                die("missing path for '%s'", oid_to_hex(oid));
 310
 311                        if (opt->cmdmode == 'w') {
 312                                if (filter_object(data->rest, 0100644, oid,
 313                                                  &contents, &size))
 314                                        die("could not convert '%s' %s",
 315                                            oid_to_hex(oid), data->rest);
 316                        } else if (opt->cmdmode == 'c') {
 317                                enum object_type type;
 318                                if (!textconv_object(the_repository,
 319                                                     data->rest, 0100644, oid,
 320                                                     1, &contents, &size))
 321                                        contents = read_object_file(oid,
 322                                                                    &type,
 323                                                                    &size);
 324                                if (!contents)
 325                                        die("could not convert '%s' %s",
 326                                            oid_to_hex(oid), data->rest);
 327                        } else
 328                                BUG("invalid cmdmode: %c", opt->cmdmode);
 329                        batch_write(opt, contents, size);
 330                        free(contents);
 331                } else {
 332                        stream_blob(oid);
 333                }
 334        }
 335        else {
 336                enum object_type type;
 337                unsigned long size;
 338                void *contents;
 339
 340                contents = read_object_file(oid, &type, &size);
 341                if (!contents)
 342                        die("object %s disappeared", oid_to_hex(oid));
 343                if (type != data->type)
 344                        die("object %s changed type!?", oid_to_hex(oid));
 345                if (data->info.sizep && size != data->size)
 346                        die("object %s changed size!?", oid_to_hex(oid));
 347
 348                batch_write(opt, contents, size);
 349                free(contents);
 350        }
 351}
 352
 353static void batch_object_write(const char *obj_name,
 354                               struct strbuf *scratch,
 355                               struct batch_options *opt,
 356                               struct expand_data *data)
 357{
 358        if (!data->skip_object_info &&
 359            oid_object_info_extended(the_repository, &data->oid, &data->info,
 360                                     OBJECT_INFO_LOOKUP_REPLACE) < 0) {
 361                printf("%s missing\n",
 362                       obj_name ? obj_name : oid_to_hex(&data->oid));
 363                fflush(stdout);
 364                return;
 365        }
 366
 367        strbuf_reset(scratch);
 368        strbuf_expand(scratch, opt->format, expand_format, data);
 369        strbuf_addch(scratch, '\n');
 370        batch_write(opt, scratch->buf, scratch->len);
 371
 372        if (opt->print_contents) {
 373                print_object_or_die(opt, data);
 374                batch_write(opt, "\n", 1);
 375        }
 376}
 377
 378static void batch_one_object(const char *obj_name,
 379                             struct strbuf *scratch,
 380                             struct batch_options *opt,
 381                             struct expand_data *data)
 382{
 383        struct object_context ctx;
 384        int flags = opt->follow_symlinks ? GET_OID_FOLLOW_SYMLINKS : 0;
 385        enum get_oid_result result;
 386
 387        result = get_oid_with_context(the_repository, obj_name,
 388                                      flags, &data->oid, &ctx);
 389        if (result != FOUND) {
 390                switch (result) {
 391                case MISSING_OBJECT:
 392                        printf("%s missing\n", obj_name);
 393                        break;
 394                case SHORT_NAME_AMBIGUOUS:
 395                        printf("%s ambiguous\n", obj_name);
 396                        break;
 397                case DANGLING_SYMLINK:
 398                        printf("dangling %"PRIuMAX"\n%s\n",
 399                               (uintmax_t)strlen(obj_name), obj_name);
 400                        break;
 401                case SYMLINK_LOOP:
 402                        printf("loop %"PRIuMAX"\n%s\n",
 403                               (uintmax_t)strlen(obj_name), obj_name);
 404                        break;
 405                case NOT_DIR:
 406                        printf("notdir %"PRIuMAX"\n%s\n",
 407                               (uintmax_t)strlen(obj_name), obj_name);
 408                        break;
 409                default:
 410                        BUG("unknown get_sha1_with_context result %d\n",
 411                               result);
 412                        break;
 413                }
 414                fflush(stdout);
 415                return;
 416        }
 417
 418        if (ctx.mode == 0) {
 419                printf("symlink %"PRIuMAX"\n%s\n",
 420                       (uintmax_t)ctx.symlink_path.len,
 421                       ctx.symlink_path.buf);
 422                fflush(stdout);
 423                return;
 424        }
 425
 426        batch_object_write(obj_name, scratch, opt, data);
 427}
 428
 429struct object_cb_data {
 430        struct batch_options *opt;
 431        struct expand_data *expand;
 432        struct oidset *seen;
 433        struct strbuf *scratch;
 434};
 435
 436static int batch_object_cb(const struct object_id *oid, void *vdata)
 437{
 438        struct object_cb_data *data = vdata;
 439        oidcpy(&data->expand->oid, oid);
 440        batch_object_write(NULL, data->scratch, data->opt, data->expand);
 441        return 0;
 442}
 443
 444static int collect_loose_object(const struct object_id *oid,
 445                                const char *path,
 446                                void *data)
 447{
 448        oid_array_append(data, oid);
 449        return 0;
 450}
 451
 452static int collect_packed_object(const struct object_id *oid,
 453                                 struct packed_git *pack,
 454                                 uint32_t pos,
 455                                 void *data)
 456{
 457        oid_array_append(data, oid);
 458        return 0;
 459}
 460
 461static int batch_unordered_object(const struct object_id *oid, void *vdata)
 462{
 463        struct object_cb_data *data = vdata;
 464
 465        if (oidset_insert(data->seen, oid))
 466                return 0;
 467
 468        return batch_object_cb(oid, data);
 469}
 470
 471static int batch_unordered_loose(const struct object_id *oid,
 472                                 const char *path,
 473                                 void *data)
 474{
 475        return batch_unordered_object(oid, data);
 476}
 477
 478static int batch_unordered_packed(const struct object_id *oid,
 479                                  struct packed_git *pack,
 480                                  uint32_t pos,
 481                                  void *data)
 482{
 483        return batch_unordered_object(oid, data);
 484}
 485
 486static int batch_objects(struct batch_options *opt)
 487{
 488        struct strbuf input = STRBUF_INIT;
 489        struct strbuf output = STRBUF_INIT;
 490        struct expand_data data;
 491        int save_warning;
 492        int retval = 0;
 493
 494        if (!opt->format)
 495                opt->format = "%(objectname) %(objecttype) %(objectsize)";
 496
 497        /*
 498         * Expand once with our special mark_query flag, which will prime the
 499         * object_info to be handed to oid_object_info_extended for each
 500         * object.
 501         */
 502        memset(&data, 0, sizeof(data));
 503        data.mark_query = 1;
 504        strbuf_expand(&output, opt->format, expand_format, &data);
 505        data.mark_query = 0;
 506        strbuf_release(&output);
 507        if (opt->cmdmode)
 508                data.split_on_whitespace = 1;
 509
 510        if (opt->all_objects) {
 511                struct object_info empty = OBJECT_INFO_INIT;
 512                if (!memcmp(&data.info, &empty, sizeof(empty)))
 513                        data.skip_object_info = 1;
 514        }
 515
 516        /*
 517         * If we are printing out the object, then always fill in the type,
 518         * since we will want to decide whether or not to stream.
 519         */
 520        if (opt->print_contents)
 521                data.info.typep = &data.type;
 522
 523        if (opt->all_objects) {
 524                struct object_cb_data cb;
 525
 526                if (repository_format_partial_clone)
 527                        warning("This repository has extensions.partialClone set. Some objects may not be loaded.");
 528
 529                cb.opt = opt;
 530                cb.expand = &data;
 531                cb.scratch = &output;
 532
 533                if (opt->unordered) {
 534                        struct oidset seen = OIDSET_INIT;
 535
 536                        cb.seen = &seen;
 537
 538                        for_each_loose_object(batch_unordered_loose, &cb, 0);
 539                        for_each_packed_object(batch_unordered_packed, &cb,
 540                                               FOR_EACH_OBJECT_PACK_ORDER);
 541
 542                        oidset_clear(&seen);
 543                } else {
 544                        struct oid_array sa = OID_ARRAY_INIT;
 545
 546                        for_each_loose_object(collect_loose_object, &sa, 0);
 547                        for_each_packed_object(collect_packed_object, &sa, 0);
 548
 549                        oid_array_for_each_unique(&sa, batch_object_cb, &cb);
 550
 551                        oid_array_clear(&sa);
 552                }
 553
 554                strbuf_release(&output);
 555                return 0;
 556        }
 557
 558        /*
 559         * We are going to call get_sha1 on a potentially very large number of
 560         * objects. In most large cases, these will be actual object sha1s. The
 561         * cost to double-check that each one is not also a ref (just so we can
 562         * warn) ends up dwarfing the actual cost of the object lookups
 563         * themselves. We can work around it by just turning off the warning.
 564         */
 565        save_warning = warn_on_object_refname_ambiguity;
 566        warn_on_object_refname_ambiguity = 0;
 567
 568        while (strbuf_getline(&input, stdin) != EOF) {
 569                if (data.split_on_whitespace) {
 570                        /*
 571                         * Split at first whitespace, tying off the beginning
 572                         * of the string and saving the remainder (or NULL) in
 573                         * data.rest.
 574                         */
 575                        char *p = strpbrk(input.buf, " \t");
 576                        if (p) {
 577                                while (*p && strchr(" \t", *p))
 578                                        *p++ = '\0';
 579                        }
 580                        data.rest = p;
 581                }
 582
 583                batch_one_object(input.buf, &output, opt, &data);
 584        }
 585
 586        strbuf_release(&input);
 587        strbuf_release(&output);
 588        warn_on_object_refname_ambiguity = save_warning;
 589        return retval;
 590}
 591
 592static const char * const cat_file_usage[] = {
 593        N_("git cat-file (-t [--allow-unknown-type] | -s [--allow-unknown-type] | -e | -p | <type> | --textconv | --filters) [--path=<path>] <object>"),
 594        N_("git cat-file (--batch | --batch-check) [--follow-symlinks] [--textconv | --filters]"),
 595        NULL
 596};
 597
 598static int git_cat_file_config(const char *var, const char *value, void *cb)
 599{
 600        if (userdiff_config(var, value) < 0)
 601                return -1;
 602
 603        return git_default_config(var, value, cb);
 604}
 605
 606static int batch_option_callback(const struct option *opt,
 607                                 const char *arg,
 608                                 int unset)
 609{
 610        struct batch_options *bo = opt->value;
 611
 612        BUG_ON_OPT_NEG(unset);
 613
 614        if (bo->enabled) {
 615                return error(_("only one batch option may be specified"));
 616        }
 617
 618        bo->enabled = 1;
 619        bo->print_contents = !strcmp(opt->long_name, "batch");
 620        bo->format = arg;
 621
 622        return 0;
 623}
 624
 625int cmd_cat_file(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 626{
 627        int opt = 0;
 628        const char *exp_type = NULL, *obj_name = NULL;
 629        struct batch_options batch = {0};
 630        int unknown_type = 0;
 631
 632        const struct option options[] = {
 633                OPT_GROUP(N_("<type> can be one of: blob, tree, commit, tag")),
 634                OPT_CMDMODE('t', NULL, &opt, N_("show object type"), 't'),
 635                OPT_CMDMODE('s', NULL, &opt, N_("show object size"), 's'),
 636                OPT_CMDMODE('e', NULL, &opt,
 637                            N_("exit with zero when there's no error"), 'e'),
 638                OPT_CMDMODE('p', NULL, &opt, N_("pretty-print object's content"), 'p'),
 639                OPT_CMDMODE(0, "textconv", &opt,
 640                            N_("for blob objects, run textconv on object's content"), 'c'),
 641                OPT_CMDMODE(0, "filters", &opt,
 642                            N_("for blob objects, run filters on object's content"), 'w'),
 643                OPT_STRING(0, "path", &force_path, N_("blob"),
 644                           N_("use a specific path for --textconv/--filters")),
 645                OPT_BOOL(0, "allow-unknown-type", &unknown_type,
 646                          N_("allow -s and -t to work with broken/corrupt objects")),
 647                OPT_BOOL(0, "buffer", &batch.buffer_output, N_("buffer --batch output")),
 648                { OPTION_CALLBACK, 0, "batch", &batch, "format",
 649                        N_("show info and content of objects fed from the standard input"),
 650                        PARSE_OPT_OPTARG | PARSE_OPT_NONEG,
 651                        batch_option_callback },
 652                { OPTION_CALLBACK, 0, "batch-check", &batch, "format",
 653                        N_("show info about objects fed from the standard input"),
 654                        PARSE_OPT_OPTARG | PARSE_OPT_NONEG,
 655                        batch_option_callback },
 656                OPT_BOOL(0, "follow-symlinks", &batch.follow_symlinks,
 657                         N_("follow in-tree symlinks (used with --batch or --batch-check)")),
 658                OPT_BOOL(0, "batch-all-objects", &batch.all_objects,
 659                         N_("show all objects with --batch or --batch-check")),
 660                OPT_BOOL(0, "unordered", &batch.unordered,
 661                         N_("do not order --batch-all-objects output")),
 662                OPT_END()
 663        };
 664
 665        git_config(git_cat_file_config, NULL);
 666
 667        batch.buffer_output = -1;
 668        argc = parse_options(argc, argv, prefix, options, cat_file_usage, 0);
 669
 670        if (opt) {
 671                if (batch.enabled && (opt == 'c' || opt == 'w'))
 672                        batch.cmdmode = opt;
 673                else if (argc == 1)
 674                        obj_name = argv[0];
 675                else
 676                        usage_with_options(cat_file_usage, options);
 677        }
 678        if (!opt && !batch.enabled) {
 679                if (argc == 2) {
 680                        exp_type = argv[0];
 681                        obj_name = argv[1];
 682                } else
 683                        usage_with_options(cat_file_usage, options);
 684        }
 685        if (batch.enabled) {
 686                if (batch.cmdmode != opt || argc)
 687                        usage_with_options(cat_file_usage, options);
 688                if (batch.cmdmode && batch.all_objects)
 689                        die("--batch-all-objects cannot be combined with "
 690                            "--textconv nor with --filters");
 691        }
 692
 693        if ((batch.follow_symlinks || batch.all_objects) && !batch.enabled) {
 694                usage_with_options(cat_file_usage, options);
 695        }
 696
 697        if (force_path && opt != 'c' && opt != 'w') {
 698                error("--path=<path> needs --textconv or --filters");
 699                usage_with_options(cat_file_usage, options);
 700        }
 701
 702        if (force_path && batch.enabled) {
 703                error("--path=<path> incompatible with --batch");
 704                usage_with_options(cat_file_usage, options);
 705        }
 706
 707        if (batch.buffer_output < 0)
 708                batch.buffer_output = batch.all_objects;
 709
 710        if (batch.enabled)
 711                return batch_objects(&batch);
 712
 713        if (unknown_type && opt != 't' && opt != 's')
 714                die("git cat-file --allow-unknown-type: use with -s or -t");
 715        return cat_one_file(opt, exp_type, obj_name, unknown_type);
 716}