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GIT-CAT-FILE(1)                   Git Manual                   GIT-CAT-FILE(1)

NAME
       git-cat-file - Provide content or type and size information for
       repository objects
SYNOPSIS
       git cat-file (-t | -s | -e | -p | <type> | --textconv ) <object>
       git cat-file (--batch | --batch-check) < <list-of-objects>

DESCRIPTION
       In its first form, the command provides the content or the type of an
       object in the repository. The type is required unless -t or -p is used
       to find the object type, or -s is used to find the object size, or
       --textconv is used (which implies type "blob").
       In the second form, a list of objects (separated by linefeeds) is
       provided on stdin, and the SHA-1, type, and size of each object is
       printed on stdout.
OPTIONS
       <object>
           The name of the object to show. For a more complete list of ways to
           spell object names, see the "SPECIFYING REVISIONS" section in
           gitrevisions(7).
       -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.
       --textconv
           Show the content as transformed by a textconv filter. In this case,
           <object> has be of the form <treeish>:<path>, or :<path> in order
           to apply the filter to the content recorded in the index at <path>.
       --batch
           Print the SHA-1, type, size, and contents of each object provided
           on stdin. May not be combined with any other options or arguments.
       --batch-check
           Print the SHA-1, 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>.
       If -s is specified, the size of the <object> in bytes.
       If -e is specified, no output.
       If -p is specified, the contents of <object> are pretty-printed.
       If <type> is specified, the raw (though uncompressed) contents of the
       <object> will be returned.
       If --batch is specified, output of the following form is printed for
       each object specified on stdin:
           <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

GIT
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Git 1.8.3.1                       07/30/2024                   GIT-CAT-FILE(1)