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-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-cat-file.txt13
-rw-r--r--cat-file.c47
2 files changed, 42 insertions, 18 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-cat-file.txt b/Documentation/git-cat-file.txt
index ab4dcae..9a7700f 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-cat-file.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-cat-file.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ git-cat-file - Provide content or type information for repository objects
SYNOPSIS
--------
-'git-cat-file' (-t | -s | <type>) <object>
+'git-cat-file' (-t | -s | -e | <type>) <object>
DESCRIPTION
-----------
@@ -29,6 +29,10 @@ OPTIONS
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.
+
<type>::
Typically this matches the real type of <object> but asking
for a type that can trivially be dereferenced from the given
@@ -39,8 +43,11 @@ OPTIONS
OUTPUT
------
-If '-t' is specified, one of the <type>. If '-s' is specified,
-the size of the <object> in bytes.
+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.
Otherwise the raw (though uncompressed) contents of the <object> will
be returned.
diff --git a/cat-file.c b/cat-file.c
index d775a15..7594108 100644
--- a/cat-file.c
+++ b/cat-file.c
@@ -11,27 +11,44 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
char type[20];
void *buf;
unsigned long size;
+ int opt;
setup_git_directory();
if (argc != 3 || get_sha1(argv[2], sha1))
- usage("git-cat-file [-t | -s | <type>] <sha1>");
-
- if (!strcmp("-t", argv[1]) || !strcmp("-s", argv[1])) {
- if (!sha1_object_info(sha1, type,
- argv[1][1] == 's' ? &size : NULL)) {
- switch (argv[1][1]) {
- case 't':
- printf("%s\n", type);
- break;
- case 's':
- printf("%lu\n", size);
- break;
- }
+ usage("git-cat-file [-t|-s|-e|<type>] <sha1>");
+
+ opt = 0;
+ if ( argv[1][0] == '-' ) {
+ opt = argv[1][1];
+ if ( !opt || argv[1][2] )
+ opt = -1; /* Not a single character option */
+ }
+
+ buf = NULL;
+ switch (opt) {
+ case 't':
+ if (!sha1_object_info(sha1, type, NULL)) {
+ printf("%s\n", type);
return 0;
}
- buf = NULL;
- } else {
+ break;
+
+ case 's':
+ if (!sha1_object_info(sha1, type, &size)) {
+ printf("%lu\n", size);
+ return 0;
+ }
+ break;
+
+ case 'e':
+ return !has_sha1_file(sha1);
+
+ case 0:
buf = read_object_with_reference(sha1, argv[1], &size, NULL);
+ break;
+
+ default:
+ die("git-cat-file: unknown option: %s\n", argv[1]);
}
if (!buf)