Re: [Question] Can git cat-file have a type filtering option?

From: Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com>
Date: Apr 9, 2023, 02:19 UTC
Message-ID: <ZDIgyKDQ2rJT2YEI@nand.local>
In-Reply-To: <ZDIUvK/bF7BFqX5q@nand.local>

On Sat, Apr 08, 2023 at 09:28:28PM -0400, Taylor Blau wrote:

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> > I don't think so. While `git rev-list` traverses objects and performs
> > filtering within a revision, `git cat-file --batch-all-objects` traverses
> > all loose and packed objects. It might be difficult to perfectly
> > extract the filtering from `git rev-list` and apply it to `git cat-file`.
>
> `rev-list`'s `--all` option does exactly the former: it looks at all
> loose and packed objects instead of doing a traditional object walk.

Sorry, this isn't right: --all pretends as if you passed all references to it over argv, not to just look at the individual loose and packed objects.

Thanks, Taylor