X-Git-Url: https://git.verplant.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=Documentation%2Fgit-cat-file.txt;h=ab4dcae21caa190a41c19ec24b4dc2d71a5a73fb;hb=650e4be59b9f385f56e5829d97d09e8440f174b8;hp=48fb37769c2f4e528f143713125b3d6593d57c7d;hpb=85c1f337be49eaa9a22e42a1c9958deef5ab57c3;p=git.git

diff --git a/Documentation/git-cat-file.txt b/Documentation/git-cat-file.txt
index 48fb3776..ab4dcae2 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-cat-file.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-cat-file.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 git-cat-file(1)
 ===============
-v0.1, May 2005
 
 NAME
 ----
@@ -9,12 +8,13 @@ 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
 -------
@@ -25,9 +25,13 @@ 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
+	for a type that can trivially be 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
@@ -35,7 +39,8 @@ 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.
@@ -51,5 +56,5 @@ Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel
 
 GIT
 ---
-Part of the link:git.html[git] suite
+Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite