Merge branch 'master' into next

diff --git a/Documentation/git-cat-file.txt b/Documentation/git-cat-file.txt
index 44983b692d56675e669e8a5ced20ff798c9a3133..504eb1b16a59c5af43fa1206723dece9207ee0eb 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-cat-file.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-cat-file.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 git-cat-file(1)
 ===============
-v0.1, May 2005
 
 NAME
 ----
@@ -9,7 +8,7 @@ git-cat-file - Provide content or type information for repository objects
 
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
-'git-cat-file' (-t | -s | <type>) <object>
+'git-cat-file' [-t | -s | -e | <type>] <object>
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
@@ -30,9 +29,13 @@ OPTIONS
        Instead of the content, show the object size identified by
        <object>.
 
+-e::
+       Suppress all output; instead exit with zero status if <object>
+       exists and is a valid object.
+
 <type>::
        Typically this matches the real type of <object> but asking
-       for a type that can trivially dereferenced from the given
+       for a type that can trivially be dereferenced from the given
        <object> is also permitted.  An example is to ask for a
        "tree" with <object> being a commit object that contains it,
        or to ask for a "blob" with <object> being a tag object that
@@ -40,8 +43,11 @@ OPTIONS
 
 OUTPUT
 ------
-If '-t' is specified, one of the <type>.  If '-s' is specified,
-the size of the <object> in bytes.
+If '-t' is specified, one of the <type>.
+
+If '-s' is specified, the size of the <object> in bytes.
+
+If '-e' is specified, no output.
 
 Otherwise the raw (though uncompressed) contents of the <object> will
 be returned.