cat-file: teach cat-file a '--allow-unknown-type' option

diff --git a/Documentation/git-cat-file.txt b/Documentation/git-cat-file.txt
index f6a16f4300b15669a518faa3d8a63d7586233258..499ae7b98a4d9bf48aa2c5a235608dfcffcc1c10 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) < <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.
+
 OUTPUT
 ------
 If '-t' is specified, one of the <type>.