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Re: git command to read

From
Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Date
Oct 21, 2008, 11:45 UTC
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<18685.49368.557513.727997@cargo.ozlabs.ibm.com>
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Jeff King writes:
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> On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 10:21:09PM +1100, Paul Mackerras wrote:
> 
> > Is there a command in git at the moment that will read commit IDs on
> > standard input and print the contents of each commit on standard
> > output (without waiting for EOF on stdin)?
> 
> How about:
> 
>   git cat-file --batch
> 
> ?
> 
> Unfortunately it just dumps the raw commit information instead of
> allowing the usual formatting, but perhaps that is sufficient (you asked
> for "contents").
Ah, thank you, that looks like just what I want. :)
Paul.
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