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-rw-r--r--builtin/cat-file.c26
1 files changed, 21 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/builtin/cat-file.c b/builtin/cat-file.c
index 96007cb1a0..51f4c546ee 100644
--- a/builtin/cat-file.c
+++ b/builtin/cat-file.c
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ struct batch_options {
const char *format;
};
+static const char *force_path;
+
static int filter_object(const char *path, unsigned mode,
const unsigned char *sha1,
char **buf, unsigned long *size)
@@ -53,6 +55,7 @@ static int cat_one_file(int opt, const char *exp_type, const char *obj_name,
struct object_info oi = {NULL};
struct strbuf sb = STRBUF_INIT;
unsigned flags = LOOKUP_REPLACE_OBJECT;
+ const char *path = force_path;
if (unknown_type)
flags |= LOOKUP_UNKNOWN_OBJECT;
@@ -60,6 +63,11 @@ static int cat_one_file(int opt, const char *exp_type, const char *obj_name,
if (get_sha1_with_context(obj_name, 0, sha1, &obj_context))
die("Not a valid object name %s", obj_name);
+ if (!path)
+ path = obj_context.path;
+ if (obj_context.mode == S_IFINVALID)
+ obj_context.mode = 0100644;
+
buf = NULL;
switch (opt) {
case 't':
@@ -84,21 +92,22 @@ static int cat_one_file(int opt, const char *exp_type, const char *obj_name,
return !has_sha1_file(sha1);
case 'w':
- if (!obj_context.path[0])
+ if (!path[0])
die("git cat-file --filters %s: <object> must be "
"<sha1:path>", obj_name);
- if (filter_object(obj_context.path, obj_context.mode,
+ if (filter_object(path, obj_context.mode,
sha1, &buf, &size))
return -1;
break;
case 'c':
- if (!obj_context.path[0])
+ if (!path[0])
die("git cat-file --textconv %s: <object> must be <sha1:path>",
obj_name);
- if (textconv_object(obj_context.path, obj_context.mode, sha1, 1, &buf, &size))
+ if (textconv_object(path, obj_context.mode,
+ sha1, 1, &buf, &size))
break;
case 'p':
@@ -472,7 +481,7 @@ static int batch_objects(struct batch_options *opt)
}
static const char * const cat_file_usage[] = {
- N_("git cat-file (-t [--allow-unknown-type]|-s [--allow-unknown-type]|-e|-p|<type>|--textconv|--filters) <object>"),
+ N_("git cat-file (-t [--allow-unknown-type]|-s [--allow-unknown-type]|-e|-p|<type>|--textconv|--filters) [--path=<path>] <object>"),
N_("git cat-file (--batch | --batch-check) [--follow-symlinks]"),
NULL
};
@@ -520,6 +529,8 @@ int cmd_cat_file(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
N_("for blob objects, run textconv on object's content"), 'c'),
OPT_CMDMODE(0, "filters", &opt,
N_("for blob objects, run filters on object's content"), 'w'),
+ OPT_STRING(0, "path", &force_path, N_("blob"),
+ N_("use a specific path for --textconv/--filters")),
OPT_BOOL(0, "allow-unknown-type", &unknown_type,
N_("allow -s and -t to work with broken/corrupt objects")),
OPT_BOOL(0, "buffer", &batch.buffer_output, N_("buffer --batch output")),
@@ -562,6 +573,11 @@ int cmd_cat_file(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
usage_with_options(cat_file_usage, options);
}
+ if (force_path && opt != 'c' && opt != 'w') {
+ error("--path=<path> needs --textconv or --filters");
+ usage_with_options(cat_file_usage, options);
+ }
+
if (batch.buffer_output < 0)
batch.buffer_output = batch.all_objects;