1 files changed, 23 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/cat-file.c b/cat-file.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..74a0a234dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cat-file.c
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+#include "cache.h"
+
+int main(int argc, char **argv)
+{
+	unsigned char sha1[20];
+	char type[20];
+	void *buf;
+	unsigned long size;
+	char template[] = "temp_git_file_XXXXXX";
+	int fd;
+
+	if (argc != 2 || get_sha1_hex(argv[1], sha1))
+		usage("cat-file: cat-file <sha1>");
+	buf = read_sha1_file(sha1, type, &size);
+	if (!buf)
+		exit(1);
+	fd = mkstemp(template);
+	if (fd < 0)
+		usage("unable to create tempfile");
+	if (write(fd, buf, size) != size)
+		strcpy(type, "bad");
+	printf("%s: %s\n", template, type);
+}