Re: [PATCH] Document the simple way of using of git-cat-file

> On Thu, 14 Dec 2006, Jakub Narebski wrote:
> 
>> Robin Rosenberg wrote:
>> 
>>> Since you can give a version and a path name to git-cat-file,
>>> mention it in the man page.
>> 
>> Very nice, with the exception that git cat-file can be used also
>> for trees and commits (although hit-ls-tree and git-show are usually
>> used) and for tags, not only for files.
> 
> The point is: you are much more likely to look at a blob that at a tree. 
> And if you want to do that, you can always use git-ls-tree.
> 
> But as I mentioned in another thread, I'd rather see git-show do the job 
> of showing blobs, too, in addition to commits as it does already.