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[PATCH] git-cat-file: '-s' to find out object size.

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We use sha1_object_info() now, and getting size is also trivial.

I admit that this is more of "because we can" not "because I see
immediate need for it", though.

Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
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Junio C Hamano
2005-06-27 23:59:18 -07:00
committed by Linus Torvalds
parent f2a06330f0
commit 62bb99606d
2 changed files with 19 additions and 6 deletions
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@ -9,12 +9,13 @@ git-cat-file - Provide content or type information for repository objects
SYNOPSIS
--------
'git-cat-file' (-t | <type>) <object>
'git-cat-file' (-t | -s | <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.
is required unless '-t' is used to find the object type,
or '-s' is used to find the object size.
OPTIONS
-------
@ -25,6 +26,10 @@ OPTIONS
Instead of the content, show the object type identified by
<object>.
-s::
Instead of the content, show the object size identified by
<object>.
<type>::
Typically this matches the real type of <object> but asking
for a type that can trivially dereferenced from the given
@ -35,7 +40,8 @@ OPTIONS
OUTPUT
------
If '-t' is specified, one of the <type>.
If '-t' is specified, one of the <type>. If '-s' is specified,
the size of the <object> in bytes.
Otherwise the raw (though uncompressed) contents of the <object> will
be returned.