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| author | Karthik Nayak <karthik.188@gmail.com> | 2015-05-03 20:00:01 +0530 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2015-05-06 13:35:48 -0700 |
| commit | 39e4ae388047bd7f6f3a4ad86ba5eba523dd0668 (patch) | |
| tree | df962960a6d1cb5f11a1fb4da8ecc5a1b03dd1a7 /Documentation/git-cat-file.txt | |
| parent | b48158ac94cf725834b70b4a5ab7f2d152a741d4 (diff) | |
| download | git-39e4ae388047bd7f6f3a4ad86ba5eba523dd0668.tar.gz | |
cat-file: teach cat-file a '--allow-unknown-type' option
'git cat-file' throws an error while trying to print the type or
size of a broken/corrupt object. This is because these objects are
usually of unknown types.
Teach git cat-file a '--allow-unknown-type' option where it prints
the type or size of a broken/corrupt object without throwing
an error.
Modify '-t' and '-s' options to call sha1_object_info_extended()
directly to support the '--allow-unknown-type' option.
Add documentation for 'cat-file --allow-unknown-type'.
Helped-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Helped-by: Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com>
Signed-off-by: Karthik Nayak <karthik.188@gmail.com>
cat-file: add documentation for '--allow-unknown-type' option.
Signed-off-by: Karthik Nayak <karthik.188@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/git-cat-file.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-cat-file.txt | 5 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-cat-file.txt b/Documentation/git-cat-file.txt index f6a16f4300..499ae7b98a 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-cat-file.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-cat-file.txt @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ git-cat-file - Provide content or type and size information for repository objec SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] -'git cat-file' (-t | -s | -e | -p | <type> | --textconv ) <object> +'git cat-file' (-t [--allow-unknown-type]| -s [--allow-unknown-type]| -e | -p | <type> | --textconv ) <object> 'git cat-file' (--batch | --batch-check) < <list-of-objects> DESCRIPTION @@ -69,6 +69,9 @@ OPTIONS not be combined with any other options or arguments. See the section `BATCH OUTPUT` below for details. +--allow-unknown-type:: + Allow -s or -t to query broken/corrupt objects of unknown type. + OUTPUT ------ If '-t' is specified, one of the <type>. |