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| author |  Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2015-05-19 13:17:58 -0700 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2015-05-19 13:17:58 -0700 |
| commit | 3b7d373ae2618690170f93bd19883915851de903 (patch) | |
| tree | c95dbebc54fc60a920479b96836b3f35e245ae9f /Documentation | |
| parent | Merge branch 'nd/dwim-wildcards-as-pathspecs' (diff) | |
| parent | t1006: add tests for git cat-file --allow-unknown-type (diff) | |
| download | tgif-3b7d373ae2618690170f93bd19883915851de903.tar.xz | |
Merge branch 'kn/cat-file-literally'
Add the "--allow-unknown-type" option to "cat-file" to allow
inspecting loose objects of an experimental or a broken type.
* kn/cat-file-literally:
t1006: add tests for git cat-file --allow-unknown-type
cat-file: teach cat-file a '--allow-unknown-type' option
cat-file: make the options mutually exclusive
sha1_file: support reading from a loose object of unknown type
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-cat-file.txt | 5 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-cat-file.txt b/Documentation/git-cat-file.txt index f6a16f4300..499ae7b98a 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-cat-file.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-cat-file.txt @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ git-cat-file - Provide content or type and size information for repository objec SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] -'git cat-file' (-t | -s | -e | -p | <type> | --textconv ) <object> +'git cat-file' (-t [--allow-unknown-type]| -s [--allow-unknown-type]| -e | -p | <type> | --textconv ) <object> 'git cat-file' (--batch | --batch-check) < <list-of-objects> DESCRIPTION @@ -69,6 +69,9 @@ OPTIONS not be combined with any other options or arguments. See the section `BATCH OUTPUT` below for details. +--allow-unknown-type:: + Allow -s or -t to query broken/corrupt objects of unknown type. + OUTPUT ------ If '-t' is specified, one of the <type>. |