git-cat-file(1)
===============
-v0.1, May 2005
NAME
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-git-cat-file - Provide content or type information for repository objects
+git-cat-file - Provide content or type/size information for repository objects
SYNOPSIS
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-'git-cat-file' (-t | -s | <type>) <object>
+'git-cat-file' [-t | -s | -e | -p | <type>] <object>
DESCRIPTION
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Provides content or type of objects in the repository. The type
-is required unless '-t' is used to find the object type,
+is required unless '-t' or '-p' is used to find the object type,
or '-s' is used to find the object size.
OPTIONS
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<object>::
- The sha1 identifier of the object.
+ The name of the object to show.
+ For a more complete list of ways to spell object names, see
+ "SPECIFYING REVISIONS" section in linkgit:git-rev-parse[1].
-t::
Instead of the content, show the object type identified by
Instead of the content, show the object size identified by
<object>.
+-e::
+ Suppress all output; instead exit with zero status if <object>
+ exists and is a valid object.
+
+-p::
+ Pretty-print the contents of <object> based on its type.
+
<type>::
Typically this matches the real type of <object> but asking
- for a type that can trivially dereferenced from the given
+ for a type that can trivially be dereferenced from the given
<object> is also permitted. An example is to ask for a
"tree" with <object> being a commit object that contains it,
or to ask for a "blob" with <object> being a tag object that
OUTPUT
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-If '-t' is specified, one of the <type>. If '-s' is specified,
-the size of the <object> in bytes.
+If '-t' is specified, one of the <type>.
+
+If '-s' is specified, the size of the <object> in bytes.
+
+If '-e' is specified, no output.
+
+If '-p' is specified, the contents of <object> are pretty-printed.
Otherwise the raw (though uncompressed) contents of the <object> will
be returned.
GIT
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-Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite
-
+Part of the linkgit:git[7] suite