repository objects

SYNOPSIS
       git cat-file (-t | -s | -e | -p | <type>) <object>
       git cat-file (--batch | --batch-check) < 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
           Print the SHA1, type, size, and contents of each object provided on
           stdin. May not be combined with any other options or arguments.

       --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>.

           <sha1> SP <type> SP <size> LF
           <contents> LF


       If --batch-check is specified, output of the following form is printed
       for each object specified on stdin:

           <sha1> SP <type> SP <size> LF


       For both --batch and --batch-check, 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[1]>

DOCUMENTATION
       Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list
       <git@vger.kernel.org[2]>.

GIT
       part of the git(1) suite

NOTES
        1. torvalds@osdl.org
           mailto:torvalds@osdl.org

        2. git@vger.kernel.org
           mailto:git@vger.kernel.org