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
-------
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
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.
unsigned long size;
if (argc != 3 || get_sha1(argv[2], sha1))
- usage("git-cat-file [-t | tagname] <sha1>");
+ usage("git-cat-file [-t | -s | tagname] <sha1>");
- if (!strcmp("-t", argv[1])) {
+ if (!strcmp("-t", argv[1]) || !strcmp("-s", argv[1])) {
if (!sha1_object_info(sha1, type, &size)) {
- printf("%s\n", type);
+ switch (argv[1][1]) {
+ case 't':
+ printf("%s\n", type);
+ break;
+ case 's':
+ printf("%lu\n", size);
+ break;
+ }
return 0;
}
buf = NULL;