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diff --git a/Documentation/git-cat-file.txt b/Documentation/git-cat-file.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..ab4dcae21c --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/git-cat-file.txt @@ -0,0 +1,60 @@ +git-cat-file(1) +=============== + +NAME +---- +git-cat-file - Provide content or type information for repository objects + + +SYNOPSIS +-------- +'git-cat-file' (-t | -s | <type>) <object> + +DESCRIPTION +----------- +Provides content or type of objects in the repository. The type +is required unless '-t' 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>. + +<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. + +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 + |