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diff --git a/Documentation/git-cat-file.txt b/Documentation/git-cat-file.txt index 4eb0421b3f..bef76f4dd0 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-cat-file.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-cat-file.txt @@ -9,8 +9,14 @@ git-cat-file - Provide content or type and size information for repository objec SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] -'git cat-file' (-t [--allow-unknown-type]| -s [--allow-unknown-type]| -e | -p | <type> | --textconv | --filters ) [--path=<path>] <object> -'git cat-file' (--batch[=<format>] | --batch-check[=<format>]) [ --textconv | --filters ] [--follow-symlinks] +'git cat-file' <type> <object> +'git cat-file' (-e | -p) <object> +'git cat-file' (-t | -s) [--allow-unknown-type] <object> +'git cat-file' (--batch | --batch-check) [--batch-all-objects] + [--buffer] [--follow-symlinks] [--unordered] + [--textconv | --filters] +'git cat-file' (--textconv | --filters) + [<rev>:<path|tree-ish> | --path=<path|tree-ish> <rev>] DESCRIPTION ----------- @@ -94,8 +100,10 @@ OPTIONS Instead of reading a list of objects on stdin, perform the requested batch operation on all objects in the repository and any alternate object stores (not just reachable objects). - Requires `--batch` or `--batch-check` be specified. Note that - the objects are visited in order sorted by their hashes. + Requires `--batch` or `--batch-check` be specified. By default, + the objects are visited in order sorted by their hashes; see + also `--unordered` below. Objects are presented as-is, without + respecting the "replace" mechanism of linkgit:git-replace[1]. --buffer:: Normally batch output is flushed after each object is output, so |