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diff --git a/Documentation/git-cat-file.txt b/Documentation/git-cat-file.txt index bef76f4dd0..70c5b4f12d 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-cat-file.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-cat-file.txt @@ -96,6 +96,33 @@ OPTIONS need to specify the path, separated by whitespace. See the section `BATCH OUTPUT` below for details. +--batch-command:: +--batch-command=<format>:: + Enter a command mode that reads commands and arguments from stdin. May + only be combined with `--buffer`, `--textconv` or `--filters`. In the + case of `--textconv` or `--filters`, the input lines also need to specify + the path, separated by whitespace. See the section `BATCH OUTPUT` below + for details. ++ +`--batch-command` recognizes the following commands: ++ +-- +contents <object>:: + Print object contents for object reference `<object>`. This corresponds to + the output of `--batch`. + +info <object>:: + Print object info for object reference `<object>`. This corresponds to the + output of `--batch-check`. + +flush:: + Used with `--buffer` to execute all preceding commands that were issued + since the beginning or since the last flush was issued. When `--buffer` + is used, no output will come until a `flush` is issued. When `--buffer` + is not used, commands are flushed each time without issuing `flush`. +-- ++ + --batch-all-objects:: Instead of reading a list of objects on stdin, perform the requested batch operation on all objects in the repository and @@ -110,7 +137,7 @@ OPTIONS that a process can interactively read and write from `cat-file`. With this option, the output uses normal stdio buffering; this is much more efficient when invoking - `--batch-check` on a large number of objects. + `--batch-check` or `--batch-command` on a large number of objects. --unordered:: When `--batch-all-objects` is in use, visit objects in an @@ -202,6 +229,13 @@ from stdin, one per line, and print information about them. By default, the whole line is considered as an object, as if it were fed to linkgit:git-rev-parse[1]. +When `--batch-command` is given, `cat-file` will read commands from stdin, +one per line, and print information based on the command given. With +`--batch-command`, the `info` command followed by an object will print +information about the object the same way `--batch-check` would, and the +`contents` command followed by an object prints contents in the same way +`--batch` would. + You can specify the information shown for each object by using a custom `<format>`. The `<format>` is copied literally to stdout for each object, with placeholders of the form `%(atom)` expanded, followed by a @@ -237,9 +271,9 @@ newline. The available atoms are: If no format is specified, the default format is `%(objectname) %(objecttype) %(objectsize)`. -If `--batch` is specified, the object information is followed by the -object contents (consisting of `%(objectsize)` bytes), followed by a -newline. +If `--batch` is specified, or if `--batch-command` is used with the `contents` +command, the object information is followed by the object contents (consisting +of `%(objectsize)` bytes), followed by a newline. For example, `--batch` without a custom format would produce: |