| git-cat-file(1) |
| =============== |
| |
| NAME |
| ---- |
| git-cat-file - Provide content or type/size information for repository objects |
| |
| |
| SYNOPSIS |
| -------- |
| 'git-cat-file' [-t | -s | -e | -p | <type>] <object> |
| |
| DESCRIPTION |
| ----------- |
| Provides content or type of objects in the repository. The type |
| is required unless '-t' or '-p' is used to find the object type, |
| or '-s' is used to find the object size. |
| |
| OPTIONS |
| ------- |
| <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 |
| <object>. |
| |
| -s:: |
| 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 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 |
| points at it. |
| |
| OUTPUT |
| ------ |
| If '-t' is specified, one of the <type>. |
| |
| If '-s' is specified, the size of the <object> in bytes. |
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| If '-e' is specified, no output. |
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| If '-p' is specified, the contents of <object> are pretty-printed. |
| |
| Otherwise the raw (though uncompressed) contents of the <object> will |
| be returned. |
| |
| |
| Author |
| ------ |
| Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> |
| |
| Documentation |
| -------------- |
| Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>. |
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| GIT |
| --- |
| Part of the linkgit:git[7] suite |
