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cat-file with an object on the command line requires an option to tell it what to output (type, size, pretty-print, etc). However, the square brackets in the usage imply that those options are not required. This patch switches them to parentheses to indicate "required but grouped-OR" (curly braces might also work, but this follows the convention used already by "git stash"). While we're at it, let's change the <sha1> specifier in the usage to <object>. That's what the documentation uses, and it does actually use the regular object lookup. Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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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 and size information for repository objects
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SYNOPSIS
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--------
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[verse]
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'git cat-file' (-t | -s | -e | -p | <type>) <object>
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'git cat-file' (--batch | --batch-check) < <list-of-objects>
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DESCRIPTION
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-----------
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In its first form, the command provides the content or the type of an object in
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the repository. The type is required unless '-t' or '-p' is used to find the
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object type, or '-s' is used to find the object size.
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In the second form, a list of objects (separated by linefeeds) is provided on
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stdin, and the SHA1, type, and size of each object is printed on stdout.
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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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the "SPECIFYING REVISIONS" section in linkgit: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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--batch::
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Print the SHA1, type, size, and contents of each object provided on
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stdin. May not be combined with any other options or arguments.
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--batch-check::
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Print the SHA1, type, and size of each object provided on stdin. May not
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be combined with any other options or arguments.
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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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If <type> is specified, the raw (though uncompressed) contents of the <object>
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will be returned.
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If '--batch' is specified, output of the following form is printed for each
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object specified on stdin:
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<sha1> SP <type> SP <size> LF
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<contents> LF
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If '--batch-check' is specified, output of the following form is printed for
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each object specified on stdin:
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<sha1> SP <type> SP <size> LF
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------------
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For both '--batch' and '--batch-check', output of the following form is printed
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for each object specified on stdin that does not exist in the repository:
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<object> SP missing LF
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Author
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------
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Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
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Documentation
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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 linkgit:git[1] suite
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