From 2cf565c53c88c557eedd7e5629437b3c6fe74329 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: David Greaves Date: Tue, 10 May 2005 22:32:30 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 1/4] split core-git.txt and update Split the core-git.txt file Formatting fix to the diff-format.txt Signed-off-by: David Greaves --- Documentation/git-cat-file.txt | 55 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 55 insertions(+) create mode 100644 Documentation/git-cat-file.txt (limited to 'Documentation/git-cat-file.txt') diff --git a/Documentation/git-cat-file.txt b/Documentation/git-cat-file.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..48fb37769c --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/git-cat-file.txt @@ -0,0 +1,55 @@ +git-cat-file(1) +=============== +v0.1, May 2005 + +NAME +---- +git-cat-file - Provide content or type information for repository objects + + +SYNOPSIS +-------- +'git-cat-file' (-t | ) + +DESCRIPTION +----------- +Provides content or type of objects in the repository. The type +is required if '-t' is not being used to find the object type. + +OPTIONS +------- +:: + The sha1 identifier of the object. + +-t:: + Instead of the content, show the object type identified by + . + +:: + Typically this matches the real type of but asking + for a type that can trivially dereferenced from the given + is also permitted. An example is to ask for a + "tree" with being a commit object that contains it, + or to ask for a "blob" with being a tag object that + points at it. + +OUTPUT +------ +If '-t' is specified, one of the . + +Otherwise the raw (though uncompressed) contents of the will +be returned. + + +Author +------ +Written by Linus Torvalds + +Documentation +-------------- +Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list . + +GIT +--- +Part of the link:git.html[git] suite + -- cgit v1.2.3