git-cat-file(1) =============== NAME ---- git-cat-file - Provide content or type/size information for repository objects SYNOPSIS -------- 'git-cat-file' [-t | -s | -e | -p | ] DESCRIPTION ----------- Provides content or type of objects 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. OPTIONS ------- :: The name of the object to show. For a more complete list of ways to spell object names, see "SPECIFYING REVISIONS" section in gitlink:git-rev-parse[1]. -t:: Instead of the content, show the object type identified by . -s:: Instead of the content, show the object size identified by . -e:: Suppress all output; instead exit with zero status if exists and is a valid object. -p:: Pretty-print the contents of based on its type. :: Typically this matches the real type of but asking for a type that can trivially be 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 . If '-s' is specified, the size of the in bytes. If '-e' is specified, no output. If '-p' is specified, the contents of are pretty-printed. 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 gitlink:git[7] suite