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git-cat-file(1)
===============
NAME
----
git-cat-file - Provide content or type/size information for repository objects
SYNOPSIS
--------
'git-cat-file' [-t | -s | -e | -p | <type>] <object>
'git-cat-file' --batch-check < <list-of-objects>
DESCRIPTION
-----------
In the first form, provides content or type of objects 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.
In the second form, a list of object (separated by LFs) is provided on stdin,
and the SHA1, type, and size of each object is printed on stdout.
OPTIONS
-------
<object>::
The name of the object to show.
For a more complete list of ways to spell object names, see
"SPECIFYING REVISIONS" section in linkgit:git-rev-parse[1].
-t::
Instead of the content, show the object type identified by
<object>.
-s::
Instead of the content, show the object size identified by
<object>.
-e::
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
<object> is also permitted. An example is to ask for a
"tree" with <object> being a commit object that contains it,
or to ask for a "blob" with <object> being a tag object that
points at it.
--batch-check::
Print the SHA1, type, and size of each object provided on stdin. May not be
combined with any other options or arguments.
OUTPUT
------
If '-t' is specified, one of the <type>.
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.
If <type> is specified, the raw (though uncompressed) contents of the <object>
will be returned.
If '--batch-check' is specified, output of the following form is printed for
each object specified fon stdin:
------------
<sha1> SP <type> SP <size> LF
------------
Additionally, output of the following form is printed for each object specified
on stdin that does not exist in the repository:
------------
<object> SP missing LF
------------
Author
------
Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
Documentation
--------------
Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
GIT
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Part of the linkgit:git[7] suite
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