SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
-'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>
+'git cat-file' (-t [--allow-unknown-type]| -s [--allow-unknown-type]| -e | -p | <type> | --textconv | --filters ) [--path=<path>] <object>
+'git cat-file' (--batch | --batch-check) [ --textconv | --filters ] [--follow-symlinks]
DESCRIPTION
-----------
In its first form, the command provides the content or the type of an object 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, or '--textconv' is used
-(which implies type "blob").
+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, or `--textconv` or
+`--filters` is used (which imply type "blob").
In the second form, a list of objects (separated by linefeeds) is provided on
-stdin, and the SHA-1, type, and size of each object is printed on stdout.
+stdin, and the SHA-1, type, and size of each object is printed on stdout. The
+output format can be overridden using the optional `<format>` argument. If
+either `--textconv` or `--filters` was specified, the input is expected to
+list the object names followed by the path name, separated by a single white
+space, so that the appropriate drivers can be determined.
OPTIONS
-------
--textconv::
Show the content as transformed by a textconv filter. In this case,
- <object> has be of the form <tree-ish>:<path>, or :<path> in order
- to apply the filter to the content recorded in the index at <path>.
+ <object> has to be of the form <tree-ish>:<path>, or :<path> in
+ order to apply the filter to the content recorded in the index at
+ <path>.
+
+--filters::
+ Show the content as converted by the filters configured in
+ the current working tree for the given <path> (i.e. smudge filters,
+ end-of-line conversion, etc). In this case, <object> has to be of
+ the form <tree-ish>:<path>, or :<path>.
+
+--path=<path>::
+ For use with --textconv or --filters, to allow specifying an object
+ name and a path separately, e.g. when it is difficult to figure out
+ the revision from which the blob came.
--batch::
--batch=<format>::
Print object information and contents for each object provided
- on stdin. May not be combined with any other options or arguments.
- See the section `BATCH OUTPUT` below for details.
+ on stdin. May not be combined with any other options or arguments
+ except `--textconv` or `--filters`, in which case the input lines
+ also need to specify the path, separated by white space. See the
+ section `BATCH OUTPUT` below for details.
--batch-check::
--batch-check=<format>::
Print object information for each object provided on stdin. May
- not be combined with any other options or arguments. See the
+ not be combined with any other options or arguments except
+ `--textconv` or `--filters`, in which case the input lines also
+ need to specify the path, separated by white space. See the
section `BATCH OUTPUT` below for details.
+--batch-all-objects::
+ Instead of reading a list of objects on stdin, perform the
+ requested batch operation on all objects in the repository and
+ any alternate object stores (not just reachable objects).
+ Requires `--batch` or `--batch-check` be specified. Note that
+ the objects are visited in order sorted by their hashes.
+
+--buffer::
+ Normally batch output is flushed after each object is output, so
+ that a process can interactively read and write from
+ `cat-file`. With this option, the output uses normal stdio
+ buffering; this is much more efficient when invoking
+ `--batch-check` on a large number of objects.
+
--allow-unknown-type::
Allow -s or -t to query broken/corrupt objects of unknown type.
OUTPUT
------
-If '-t' is specified, one of the <type>.
+If `-t` is specified, one of the <type>.
-If '-s' is specified, the size of the <object> in bytes.
+If `-s` is specified, the size of the <object> in bytes.
-If '-e' is specified, no output.
+If `-e` is specified, no output.
-If '-p' is specified, the contents of <object> are pretty-printed.
+If `-p` is specified, the contents of <object> are pretty-printed.
If <type> is specified, the raw (though uncompressed) contents of the <object>
will be returned.
The 40-hex object name of the object.
`objecttype`::
- The type of of the object (the same as `cat-file -t` reports).
+ The type of the object (the same as `cat-file -t` reports).
`objectsize`::
The size, in bytes, of the object (the same as `cat-file -s`