X-Git-Url: https://git.verplant.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=Documentation%2Fgit-cat-file.txt;h=f21a6e06aa2ca762ad3ae20d756c569f4210652e;hb=ab1630a3ed31d6ec5ae83769c78ed542fe3c4a28;hp=48fb37769c2f4e528f143713125b3d6593d57c7d;hpb=5569bf9bbedd63a00780fc5c110e0cfab3aa97b9;p=git.git

diff --git a/Documentation/git-cat-file.txt b/Documentation/git-cat-file.txt
index 48fb3776..f21a6e06 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-cat-file.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-cat-file.txt
@@ -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
 -------
@@ -25,9 +26,13 @@ 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 +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.
@@ -51,5 +57,5 @@ 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