t6300: introduce test_date() helper

diff --git a/Documentation/git-cat-file.txt b/Documentation/git-cat-file.txt
index 3568aff0de6bd2afdda7fe8b1ca1e4380e3e956c..319ab4cb086874da5e2f153d69d8f9af1f18461e 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-cat-file.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-cat-file.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ git-cat-file - Provide content or type and size information for repository objec
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
 [verse]
-'git cat-file' (-t | -s | -e | -p | <type> | --textconv ) <object>
+'git cat-file' (-t [--allow-unknown-type]| -s [--allow-unknown-type]| -e | -p | <type> | --textconv ) <object>
 'git cat-file' (--batch | --batch-check) [--follow-symlinks] < <list-of-objects>
 
 DESCRIPTION
@@ -69,6 +69,9 @@ OPTIONS
        not be combined with any other options or arguments.  See the
        section `BATCH OUTPUT` below for details.
 
+--allow-unknown-type::
+       Allow -s or -t to query broken/corrupt objects of unknown type.
+
 --follow-symlinks::
        With --batch or --batch-check, follow symlinks inside the
        repository when requesting objects with extended SHA-1