cat-file: document -p option

Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>

diff --git a/Documentation/git-cat-file.txt b/Documentation/git-cat-file.txt
index 504eb1b16a59c5af43fa1206723dece9207ee0eb..5e9cbf875d72ae4a537467197ddde98dbec3cf3b 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-cat-file.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-cat-file.txt
@@ -8,12 +8,12 @@ git-cat-file - Provide content or type information for repository objects
 
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
 
 SYNOPSIS
 --------

-'git-cat-file' [-t | -s | -e | <type>] <object>
+'git-cat-file' [-t | -s | -e | -p | <type>] <object>

 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
 Provides content or type of objects in the repository. The type
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
 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
 or '-s' is used to find the object size.
 
 OPTIONS


@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@ OPTIONS
        Suppress all output; instead exit with zero status if <object>
        exists and is a valid object.
 
        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 be dereferenced from the given
 <type>::
        Typically this matches the real type of <object> but asking
        for a type that can trivially be dereferenced from the given


@@ -49,6 +52,8 @@ If '-s' is specified, the size of the <object> in bytes.
 
 If '-e' is specified, no output.
 
 
 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.
 
 Otherwise the raw (though uncompressed) contents of the <object> will
 be returned.