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diff --git a/Documentation/git-cat-file.txt b/Documentation/git-cat-file.txt index 58c8d6577..9ebbe9402 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-cat-file.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-cat-file.txt @@ -9,14 +9,15 @@ git-cat-file - Provide content or type and size information for repository objec SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] -'git cat-file' (-t | -s | -e | -p | <type>) <object> +'git cat-file' (-t | -s | -e | -p | <type> | --textconv ) <object> 'git cat-file' (--batch | --batch-check) < <list-of-objects> DESCRIPTION ----------- In its first form, the command provides the content or the type of an object in the repository. The type is required unless '-t' or '-p' is used to find the -object type, or '-s' is used to find the object size. +object type, or '-s' is used to find the object size, or '--textconv' is used +(which implies type "blob"). In the second form, a list of objects (separated by linefeeds) is provided on stdin, and the SHA1, type, and size of each object is printed on stdout. @@ -51,6 +52,11 @@ OPTIONS or to ask for a "blob" with <object> being a tag object that points at it. +--textconv:: + Show the content as transformed by a textconv filter. In this case, + <object> has be of the form <treeish>:<path>, or :<path> in order + to apply the filter to the content recorded in the index at <path>. + --batch:: Print the SHA1, type, size, and contents of each object provided on stdin. May not be combined with any other options or arguments. |