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