Documentation/git-cat-file.txt

   1 git-cat-file(1)
   2 ===============
   3
   4 NAME
   5 ----
   6 git-cat-file - Provide content or type and size information for repository objects
   7
   8
   9 SYNOPSIS
  10 --------
  11 [verse]
  12 'git cat-file' (-t | -s | -e | -p | <type> | --textconv ) <object>
  13 'git cat-file' (--batch | --batch-check) < <list-of-objects>
  14
  15 DESCRIPTION
  16 -----------
  17 In its first form, the command provides the content or the type of an object in
  18 the repository. The type is required unless '-t' or '-p' is used to find the
  19 object type, or '-s' is used to find the object size, or '--textconv' is used
  20 (which implies type "blob").
  21
  22 In the second form, a list of objects (separated by linefeeds) is provided on
  23 stdin, and the SHA1, type, and size of each object is printed on stdout.
  24
  25 OPTIONS
  26 -------
  27 <object>::
  28         The name of the object to show.
  29         For a more complete list of ways to spell object names, see
  30         the "SPECIFYING REVISIONS" section in linkgit:gitrevisions[7].
  31
  32 -t::
  33         Instead of the content, show the object type identified by
  34         <object>.
  35
  36 -s::
  37         Instead of the content, show the object size identified by
  38         <object>.
  39
  40 -e::
  41         Suppress all output; instead exit with zero status if <object>
  42         exists and is a valid object.
  43
  44 -p::
  45         Pretty-print the contents of <object> based on its type.
  46
  47 <type>::
  48         Typically this matches the real type of <object> but asking
  49         for a type that can trivially be dereferenced from the given
  50         <object> is also permitted.  An example is to ask for a
  51         "tree" with <object> being a commit object that contains it,
  52         or to ask for a "blob" with <object> being a tag object that
  53         points at it.
  54
  55 --textconv::
  56         Show the content as transformed by a textconv filter. In this case,
  57         <object> has be of the form <treeish>:<path>, or :<path> in order
  58         to apply the filter to the content recorded in the index at <path>.
  59
  60 --batch::
  61         Print the SHA1, type, size, and contents of each object provided on
  62         stdin. May not be combined with any other options or arguments.
  63
  64 --batch-check::
  65         Print the SHA1, type, and size of each object provided on stdin. May not
  66         be combined with any other options or arguments.
  67
  68 OUTPUT
  69 ------
  70 If '-t' is specified, one of the <type>.
  71
  72 If '-s' is specified, the size of the <object> in bytes.
  73
  74 If '-e' is specified, no output.
  75
  76 If '-p' is specified, the contents of <object> are pretty-printed.
  77
  78 If <type> is specified, the raw (though uncompressed) contents of the <object>
  79 will be returned.
  80
  81 If '--batch' is specified, output of the following form is printed for each
  82 object specified on stdin:
  83
  84 ------------
  85 <sha1> SP <type> SP <size> LF
  86 <contents> LF
  87 ------------
  88
  89 If '--batch-check' is specified, output of the following form is printed for
  90 each object specified on stdin:
  91
  92 ------------
  93 <sha1> SP <type> SP <size> LF
  94 ------------
  95
  96 For both '--batch' and '--batch-check', output of the following form is printed
  97 for each object specified on stdin that does not exist in the repository:
  98
  99 ------------
 100 <object> SP missing LF
 101 ------------
 102
 103 Author
 104 ------
 105 Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
 106
 107 Documentation
 108 --------------
 109 Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
 110
 111 GIT
 112 ---
 113 Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite