[RFC] git cat-file "literally" option

Hey, After reading http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/256878 I have started working on the git cat file --literally option.

I'm wondering if I should implement it as an add on to the existing options, wherein we could say "git cat-file (t | -s | -e | -p | <type> | --texconv) --literally <object>" so that it would be able to print the required data literally or should I implement it such that we could say "git cat-file (-t | -s | -e | -p | <type> | --texconv | --literally) <object>" so it would just give all information about the given object. (Maybe like the -p option?)

For example : if I create a bogus object like

git hash-object -t bogus --literally -w --stdin </dev/null

Should I implement git cat-file -t --literally 49993fe130c4b3bf24857a15d7969c396b7bc187 or should I implement git cat-file --literally 49993fe130c4b3bf24857a15d7969c396b7bc187 To get information pertaining to the object "bogus:.

What do you people think? Thanks -Karthik