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diff --git a/cat-file.c b/cat-file.c
index d253ff93..be41f516 100644
--- a/cat-file.c
+++ b/cat-file.c
@@ -13,19 +13,23 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 	unsigned long size;
 
 	if (argc != 3 || get_sha1(argv[2], sha1))
-		usage("cat-file [-t | tagname] <sha1>");
-	buf = read_sha1_file(sha1, type, &size);
-	if (!buf)
-		die("cat-file %s: bad file", argv[2]);
+		usage("git-cat-file [-t | tagname] <sha1>");
+
 	if (!strcmp("-t", argv[1])) {
-		buf = type;
-		size = strlen(type);
-		type[size] = '\n';
-		size++;
-	} else if (strcmp(type, argv[1])) {
-		die("cat-file %s: bad tag", argv[2]);
+		buf = read_sha1_file(sha1, type, &size);
+		if (buf) {
+			buf = type;
+			size = strlen(type);
+			type[size] = '\n';
+			size++;
+		}
+	} else {
+		buf = read_object_with_reference(sha1, argv[1], &size, NULL);
 	}
 
+	if (!buf)
+		die("git-cat-file %s: bad file", argv[2]);
+
 	while (size > 0) {
 		long ret = write(1, buf, size);
 		if (ret < 0) {
@@ -34,9 +38,9 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 			/* Ignore epipe */
 			if (errno == EPIPE)
 				break;
-			die("cat-file: %s", strerror(errno));
+			die("git-cat-file: %s", strerror(errno));
 		} else if (!ret) {
-			die("cat-file: disk full?");
+			die("git-cat-file: disk full?");
 		}
 		size -= ret;
 		buf += ret;