enum object_type type;
unsigned long size;
char *buffer = read_sha1_file(sha1, &type, &size);
- if (memcmp(buffer, "object ", 7) ||
- get_sha1_hex(buffer + 7, blob_sha1))
+ const char *target;
+ if (!skip_prefix(buffer, "object ", &target) ||
+ get_sha1_hex(target, blob_sha1))
die("%s not a valid tag", sha1_to_hex(sha1));
free(buffer);
} else
}
static const char * const cat_file_usage[] = {
- N_("git cat-file (-t|-s|-e|-p|<type>|--textconv) <object>"),
- N_("git cat-file (--batch|--batch-check) < <list_of_objects>"),
+ N_("git cat-file (-t | -s | -e | -p | <type> | --textconv) <object>"),
+ N_("git cat-file (--batch | --batch-check) < <list-of-objects>"),
NULL
};