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authorDavid Greaves <david@dgreaves.com>2005-05-10 22:32:30 +0100
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+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 | <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 link:git.html[git] suite
+