From: Sebastian Pipping <webmaster@hartwork.org>
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 2009 16:56:05 GMT
Subject: Re: "git cat-file <sha1>" shows usage but should not?
Message-ID: <49E611A5.8090602@hartwork.org>
In-Reply-To: <20090415165420.GB24528@coredump.intra.peff.net>

Jeff King wrote:
> That usage message is misleading. You need to use one of -t, -s, -e, -p,
> or <type>. So it should perhaps just be:
> 
>   git cat-file -t|-s|-e|-p|<type> <sha1>
> 
> though that looks terribly ugly. Suggestions welcome.

Thanks for making that clear.  How about round or curly brackets?



Sebastian