break;
 
        default:
-               die("git-cat-file: unknown option: %s\n", exp_type);
+               die("git cat-file: unknown option: %s", exp_type);
        }
 
        if (!buf)
-               die("git-cat-file %s: bad file", obj_name);
+               die("git cat-file %s: bad file", obj_name);
 
        write_or_die(1, buf, size);
        return 0;
 
 static int batch_objects(int print_contents)
 {
-       struct strbuf buf;
+       struct strbuf buf = STRBUF_INIT;
 
-       strbuf_init(&buf, 0);
        while (strbuf_getline(&buf, stdin, '\n') != EOF) {
                int error = batch_one_object(buf.buf, print_contents);
                if (error)
 }
 
 static const char * const cat_file_usage[] = {
-       "git-cat-file [-t|-s|-e|-p|<type>] <sha1>",
-       "git-cat-file [--batch|--batch-check] < <list_of_sha1s>",
+       "git cat-file (-t|-s|-e|-p|<type>) <object>",
+       "git cat-file (--batch|--batch-check) < <list_of_objects>",
        NULL
 };
 
        if (argc != 3 && argc != 2)
                usage_with_options(cat_file_usage, options);
 
-       argc = parse_options(argc, argv, options, cat_file_usage, 0);
+       argc = parse_options(argc, argv, prefix, options, cat_file_usage, 0);
 
        if (opt) {
                if (argc == 1)