--textconv::
Show the content as transformed by a textconv filter. In this case,
- <object> has be of the form <treeish>:<path>, or :<path> in order
+ <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>.
--batch::
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If `--batch` or `--batch-check` is given, `cat-file` will read objects
-from stdin, one per line, and print information about them.
-
-Each line is split at the first whitespace boundary. All characters
-before that whitespace are considered as a whole object name, and are
-parsed as if given to linkgit:git-rev-parse[1]. Characters after that
-whitespace can be accessed using the `%(rest)` atom (see below).
+from stdin, one per line, and print information about them. By default,
+the whole line is considered as an object, as if it were fed to
+linkgit:git-rev-parse[1].
You can specify the information shown for each object by using a custom
`<format>`. The `<format>` is copied literally to stdout for each
note about on-disk sizes in the `CAVEATS` section below.
`rest`::
- The text (if any) found after the first run of whitespace on the
- input line (i.e., the "rest" of the line).
+ If this atom is used in the output string, input lines are split
+ at the first whitespace boundary. All characters before that
+ whitespace are considered to be the object name; characters
+ after that first run of whitespace (i.e., the "rest" of the
+ line) are output in place of the `%(rest)` atom.
If no format is specified, the default format is `%(objectname)
%(objecttype) %(objectsize)`.