A few more options for git-cat-file
authorH. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Sun, 4 Dec 2005 01:57:48 +0000 (17:57 -0800)
committerJunio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Sun, 4 Dec 2005 07:07:17 +0000 (23:07 -0800)
This adds '-e' option to git-cat-file, to test for the existence
of the object.

This also cleans up the option-parsing in git-cat-file slightly.

[jc: HPA version had -n option which did rev-parse --verify; the
real value of this patch is the option parsing cleanup.]

Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Documentation/git-cat-file.txt
cat-file.c
index ab4dcae21caa190a41c19ec24b4dc2d71a5a73fb..9a7700fa7fae68292dde2e6aa253bcaaebc1793b 100644 (file)
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ git-cat-file - Provide content or type information for repository objects
 
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
-'git-cat-file' (-t | -s | <type>) <object>
+'git-cat-file' (-t | -s | -e | <type>) <object>
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
@@ -29,6 +29,10 @@ OPTIONS
        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.
+
 <type>::
        Typically this matches the real type of <object> but asking
        for a type that can trivially be dereferenced from the given
@@ -39,8 +43,11 @@ OPTIONS
 
 OUTPUT
 ------
-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.
 
 Otherwise the raw (though uncompressed) contents of the <object> will
 be returned.
index d775a1545beb84caf05cae8980fb2d839240fdea..7594108c6e5f7d8830c7b5ca6f45951b8b4bcc23 100644 (file)
@@ -11,27 +11,44 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
        char type[20];
        void *buf;
        unsigned long size;
+       int opt;
 
        setup_git_directory();
        if (argc != 3 || get_sha1(argv[2], sha1))
-               usage("git-cat-file [-t | -s | <type>] <sha1>");
-
-       if (!strcmp("-t", argv[1]) || !strcmp("-s", argv[1])) {
-               if (!sha1_object_info(sha1, type,
-                                     argv[1][1] == 's' ? &size : NULL)) {
-                       switch (argv[1][1]) {
-                       case 't':
-                               printf("%s\n", type);
-                               break;
-                       case 's':
-                               printf("%lu\n", size);
-                               break;
-                       }
+               usage("git-cat-file [-t|-s|-e|<type>] <sha1>");
+
+       opt = 0;
+       if ( argv[1][0] == '-' ) {
+               opt = argv[1][1];
+               if ( !opt || argv[1][2] )
+                       opt = -1; /* Not a single character option */
+       }
+
+       buf = NULL;
+       switch (opt) {
+       case 't':
+               if (!sha1_object_info(sha1, type, NULL)) {
+                       printf("%s\n", type);
                        return 0;
                }
-               buf = NULL;
-       } else {
+               break;
+
+       case 's':
+               if (!sha1_object_info(sha1, type, &size)) {
+                       printf("%lu\n", size);
+                       return 0;
+               }
+               break;
+
+       case 'e':
+               return !has_sha1_file(sha1);
+
+       case 0:
                buf = read_object_with_reference(sha1, argv[1], &size, NULL);
+               break;
+
+       default:
+               die("git-cat-file: unknown option: %s\n", argv[1]);
        }
 
        if (!buf)