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

From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date: Dec 14, 2006, 00:29 UTC
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.63.0612140127520.3635@wbgn013.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de>
In-Reply-To: <elq3pa$93b$1@sea.gmane.org>

Hi,

On Thu, 14 Dec 2006, Jakub Narebski wrote:

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> 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.

Ciao, Dscho