git-cat-file(1) Manual Page
NAME
git - cat-file - Provide content or type information for repository objects
SYNOPSIS
git-cat-file (-t | <type>) <object>
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
- <object>
- The sha1 identifier of the object.
- -t
- Instead of the content, show the object type identified by <object>.
- <type>
- Typically this matches the real type of <object> but asking for a type that can trivially 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.
OUTPUT
If -t is specified, one of the <type>.
Otherwise the raw (though uncompressed) contents of the <object> will be returned.
Author
Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
Documentation
Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
GIT
Part of the git(7) suite