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Re: git-cat-file "Not a valid object name"

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Sean <seanlkml@sympatico.ca>
Date
Sep 28, 2007, 22:15 UTC
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On Fri, 28 Sep 2007 15:05:25 -0700 Reza Roboubi <reza@earthdetails.com> wrote:

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> git-cat-file -t 9b22b50f814b22224d6f838433f1e9cd36bfc2
>
>
> says: "Not a valid object name".
> 
> So what is this thing in my .git:
> ../.git/objects/92/9b22b50f814b22224d6f838433f1e9cd36bfc2
Reza,

The first two digits of the sha1 appear before the final slash (/).. Therefore the actual object name in the case you give is 929b22b50f814b22224d6f838433f1e9cd36bfc2. So the following command should work:

$ git cat-file -t 929b22b5
Sean
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  1. Reza RoboubiSep 28, 2007
  2. Linus TorvaldsSep 28, 2007
  3. SeanSep 28, 2007

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