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+git-cat-file(1)
+===============
+
+NAME
+----
+git-cat-file - Provide content or type 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 sha1 identifier of the object.
+
+-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.
+
+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.
+
+
+Author
+------
+Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
+
+Documentation
+--------------
+Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
+
+GIT
+---
+Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite
+