Re: [PATCH v3 2/4] cat-file: introduce the --filters option

>> In other words, instead of trying to be consistent by erroring out
>> in non-regular blob case, I think the attached change on top would
>> make more sense, by consistently passing the object contents as-is
>> for all "not filtered" cases, whether it is run from the batch mode
>> or from the command line.
>>  ...
>> +	if ((type == OBJ_BLOB) && S_ISREG(mode)) {
>>  		struct strbuf strbuf = STRBUF_INIT;
>>  		if (convert_to_working_tree(path, *buf, *size, &strbuf)) {
>>  			free(*buf);
>
> Yes, that makes most sense to me, too.