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authorJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2019-02-07 06:05:21 (GMT)
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2019-02-07 06:05:21 (GMT)
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Merge branch 'dt/cat-file-batch-ambiguous'
"git cat-file --batch" reported a dangling symbolic link by mistake, when it wanted to report that a given name is ambiguous. * dt/cat-file-batch-ambiguous: t1512: test ambiguous cat-file --batch and --batch-output Do not print 'dangling' for cat-file in case of ambiguity
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@@ -252,6 +252,12 @@ the repository, then `cat-file` will ignore any custom format and print:
<object> SP missing LF
------------
+If a name is specified that might refer to more than one object (an ambiguous short sha), then `cat-file` will ignore any custom format and print:
+
+------------
+<object> SP ambiguous LF
+------------
+
If --follow-symlinks is used, and a symlink in the repository points
outside the repository, then `cat-file` will ignore any custom format
and print: