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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-cat-file.txt | 9 |
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diff --git a/Documentation/git-cat-file.txt b/Documentation/git-cat-file.txt index 504eb1b16..5e9cbf875 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-cat-file.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-cat-file.txt @@ -8,12 +8,12 @@ git-cat-file - Provide content or type information for repository objects SYNOPSIS -------- -'git-cat-file' [-t | -s | -e | <type>] <object> +'git-cat-file' [-t | -s | -e | -p | <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, +is required unless '-t' or '-p' is used to find the object type, or '-s' is used to find the object size. OPTIONS @@ -33,6 +33,9 @@ OPTIONS Suppress all output; instead exit with zero status if <object> exists and is a valid object. +-p:: + Pretty-print the contents of <object> based on its type. + <type>:: Typically this matches the real type of <object> but asking for a type that can trivially be dereferenced from the given @@ -49,6 +52,8 @@ If '-s' is specified, the size of the <object> in bytes. If '-e' is specified, no output. +If '-p' is specified, the contents of <object> are pretty-printed. + Otherwise the raw (though uncompressed) contents of the <object> will be returned. |