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git-cat-file(1)
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===============
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NAME
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----
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git-cat-file - Provide content or type/size information for repository objects
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SYNOPSIS
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--------
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'git-cat-file' [-t | -s | -e | -p | <type>] <object>
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DESCRIPTION
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-----------
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Provides content or type of objects in the repository. The type
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is required unless '-t' or '-p' is used to find the object type,
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or '-s' is used to find the object size.
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OPTIONS
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-------
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<object>::
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The name of the object to show.
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For a more complete list of ways to spell object names, see
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"SPECIFYING REVISIONS" section in gitlink:git-rev-parse[1].
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-t::
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Instead of the content, show the object type identified by
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<object>.
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-s::
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Instead of the content, show the object size identified by
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<object>.
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-e::
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Suppress all output; instead exit with zero status if <object>
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exists and is a valid object.
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-p::
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Pretty-print the contents of <object> based on its type.
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<type>::
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Typically this matches the real type of <object> but asking
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for a type that can trivially be dereferenced from the given
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<object> is also permitted. An example is to ask for a
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"tree" with <object> being a commit object that contains it,
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or to ask for a "blob" with <object> being a tag object that
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points at it.
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OUTPUT
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------
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If '-t' is specified, one of the <type>.
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If '-s' is specified, the size of the <object> in bytes.
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If '-e' is specified, no output.
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If '-p' is specified, the contents of <object> are pretty-printed.
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Otherwise the raw (though uncompressed) contents of the <object> will
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be returned.
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Author
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Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
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Documentation
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--------------
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Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
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GIT
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---
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Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite
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