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index 8e192d87db..4eb0421b3f 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-cat-file.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-cat-file.txt
@@ -35,42 +35,42 @@ OPTIONS
-t::
Instead of the content, show the object type identified by
- <object>.
+ `<object>`.
-s::
Instead of the content, show the object size identified by
- <object>.
+ `<object>`.
-e::
- Exit with zero status if <object> exists and is a valid
- object. If <object> is of an invalid format exit with non-zero and
+ Exit with zero status if `<object>` exists and is a valid
+ object. If `<object>` is of an invalid format exit with non-zero and
emits an error on stderr.
-p::
- Pretty-print the contents of <object> based on its type.
+ Pretty-print the contents of `<object>` based on its type.
<type>::
- Typically this matches the real type of <object> but asking
+ 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
+ `<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.
--textconv::
Show the content as transformed by a textconv filter. In this case,
- <object> has to be of the form <tree-ish>:<path>, or :<path> in
+ `<object>` has to be of the form `<tree-ish>:<path>`, or `:<path>` in
order to apply the filter to the content recorded in the index at
- <path>.
+ `<path>`.
--filters::
Show the content as converted by the filters configured in
- the current working tree for the given <path> (i.e. smudge filters,
- end-of-line conversion, etc). In this case, <object> has to be of
- the form <tree-ish>:<path>, or :<path>.
+ the current working tree for the given `<path>` (i.e. smudge filters,
+ end-of-line conversion, etc). In this case, `<object>` has to be of
+ the form `<tree-ish>:<path>`, or `:<path>`.
--path=<path>::
- For use with --textconv or --filters, to allow specifying an object
+ For use with `--textconv` or `--filters`, to allow specifying an object
name and a path separately, e.g. when it is difficult to figure out
the revision from which the blob came.
@@ -115,15 +115,15 @@ OPTIONS
repository.
--allow-unknown-type::
- Allow -s or -t to query broken/corrupt objects of unknown type.
+ Allow `-s` or `-t` to query broken/corrupt objects of unknown type.
--follow-symlinks::
- With --batch or --batch-check, follow symlinks inside the
+ With `--batch` or `--batch-check`, follow symlinks inside the
repository when requesting objects with extended SHA-1
expressions of the form tree-ish:path-in-tree. Instead of
providing output about the link itself, provide output about
the linked-to object. If a symlink points outside the
- tree-ish (e.g. a link to /foo or a root-level link to ../foo),
+ tree-ish (e.g. a link to `/foo` or a root-level link to `../foo`),
the portion of the link which is outside the tree will be
printed.
+
@@ -175,15 +175,15 @@ respectively print:
OUTPUT
------
-If `-t` is specified, one of the <type>.
+If `-t` is specified, one of the `<type>`.
-If `-s` is specified, the size of the <object> in bytes.
+If `-s` is specified, the size of the `<object>` in bytes.
-If `-e` is specified, no output, unless the <object> is malformed.
+If `-e` is specified, no output, unless the `<object>` is malformed.
-If `-p` is specified, the contents of <object> are pretty-printed.
+If `-p` is specified, the contents of `<object>` are pretty-printed.
-If <type> is specified, the raw (though uncompressed) contents of the <object>
+If `<type>` is specified, the raw (though uncompressed) contents of the `<object>`
will be returned.
BATCH OUTPUT
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ object, with placeholders of the form `%(atom)` expanded, followed by a
newline. The available atoms are:
`objectname`::
- The 40-hex object name of the object.
+ The full hex representation of the object name.
`objecttype`::
The type of the object (the same as `cat-file -t` reports).
@@ -215,8 +215,9 @@ newline. The available atoms are:
`deltabase`::
If the object is stored as a delta on-disk, this expands to the
- 40-hex sha1 of the delta base object. Otherwise, expands to the
- null sha1 (40 zeroes). See `CAVEATS` below.
+ full hex representation of the delta base object name.
+ Otherwise, expands to the null OID (all zeroes). See `CAVEATS`
+ below.
`rest`::
If this atom is used in the output string, input lines are split
@@ -235,14 +236,14 @@ newline.
For example, `--batch` without a custom format would produce:
------------
-<sha1> SP <type> SP <size> LF
+<oid> SP <type> SP <size> LF
<contents> LF
------------
Whereas `--batch-check='%(objectname) %(objecttype)'` would produce:
------------
-<sha1> SP <type> LF
+<oid> SP <type> LF
------------
If a name is specified on stdin that cannot be resolved to an object in
@@ -258,7 +259,7 @@ If a name is specified that might refer to more than one object (an ambiguous sh
<object> SP ambiguous LF
------------
-If --follow-symlinks is used, and a symlink in the repository points
+If `--follow-symlinks` is used, and a symlink in the repository points
outside the repository, then `cat-file` will ignore any custom format
and print:
@@ -267,11 +268,11 @@ symlink SP <size> LF
<symlink> LF
------------
-The symlink will either be absolute (beginning with a /), or relative
-to the tree root. For instance, if dir/link points to ../../foo, then
-<symlink> will be ../foo. <size> is the size of the symlink in bytes.
+The symlink will either be absolute (beginning with a `/`), or relative
+to the tree root. For instance, if dir/link points to `../../foo`, then
+`<symlink>` will be `../foo`. `<size>` is the size of the symlink in bytes.
-If --follow-symlinks is used, the following error messages will be
+If `--follow-symlinks` is used, the following error messages will be
displayed:
------------