From: John Cai via GitGitGadget Date: Fri, 05 Nov 2021 21:56:40 GMT Subject: [PATCH 2/2] docs: update behavior of git-cat-file --buffer Message-ID: <18d6c2819ade2e514a408e4173c6a5048e3f2cd1.1636149400.git.gitgitgadget@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: From: John Cai When an empty string is entered into stdin, git-cat-file --buffer will flush stdout immediately. This commit updates the man page accordingly. Signed-off-by: John Cai --- Documentation/git-cat-file.txt | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Documentation/git-cat-file.txt b/Documentation/git-cat-file.txt index 27b27e2b300..c98e8dc3669 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-cat-file.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-cat-file.txt @@ -104,7 +104,8 @@ OPTIONS that a process can interactively read and write from `cat-file`. With this option, the output uses normal stdio buffering; this is much more efficient when invoking - `--batch-check` on a large number of objects. + `--batch-check` on a large number of objects. An empty string will + force a flush of stdout. --unordered:: When `--batch-all-objects` is in use, visit objects in an -- gitgitgadget