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This adds '-e' option to git-cat-file, to test for the existence of the object. This also cleans up the option-parsing in git-cat-file slightly. [jc: HPA version had -n option which did rev-parse --verify; the real value of this patch is the option parsing cleanup.] Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
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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 information for repository objects
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SYNOPSIS
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--------
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'git-cat-file' (-t | -s | -e | <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' 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 sha1 identifier of the object.
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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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<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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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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Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
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GIT
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Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite
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