#include "parse-options.h"
#include "diff.h"
#include "userdiff.h"
+#include "streaming.h"
#define BATCH 1
#define BATCH_CHECK 2
return cmd_ls_tree(2, ls_args, NULL);
}
+ if (type == OBJ_BLOB)
+ return stream_blob_to_fd(1, sha1, NULL, 0);
buf = read_sha1_file(sha1, &type, &size);
if (!buf)
die("Cannot read object %s", obj_name);
break;
case 0:
+ if (type_from_string(exp_type) == OBJ_BLOB) {
+ unsigned char blob_sha1[20];
+ if (sha1_object_info(sha1, NULL) == OBJ_TAG) {
+ 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))
+ die("%s not a valid tag", sha1_to_hex(sha1));
+ free(buffer);
+ } else
+ hashcpy(blob_sha1, sha1);
+
+ if (sha1_object_info(blob_sha1, NULL) == OBJ_BLOB)
+ return stream_blob_to_fd(1, blob_sha1, NULL, 0);
+ /*
+ * we attempted to dereference a tag to a blob
+ * and failed; there may be new dereference
+ * mechanisms this code is not aware of.
+ * fall-back to the usual case.
+ */
+ }
buf = read_object_with_reference(sha1, exp_type, &size, NULL);
break;
git hash-object large1
'
-test_expect_failure 'cat-file a large file' '
+test_expect_success 'cat-file a large file' '
git cat-file blob :large1 >/dev/null
'
-test_expect_failure 'cat-file a large file from a tag' '
+test_expect_success 'cat-file a large file from a tag' '
git tag -m largefile largefiletag :large1 &&
git cat-file blob largefiletag >/dev/null
'