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| <div id="header"> |
| <h1>git-cat-file(1) Manual Page</h1> |
| <h2 id="_name">NAME</h2> |
| <div class="sectionbody"> |
| <p>git-cat-file - Provide contents or details of repository objects</p> |
| </div> |
| </div> |
| <div id="content"> |
| <div class="sect1"> |
| <h2 id="_synopsis">SYNOPSIS</h2> |
| <div class="sectionbody"> |
| <div class="verseblock"> |
| <pre class="content"><em>git cat-file</em> <type> <object> |
| <em>git cat-file</em> (-e | -p | -t | -s) <object> |
| <em>git cat-file</em> (--textconv | --filters) |
| [<rev>:<path|tree-ish> | --path=<path|tree-ish> <rev>] |
| <em>git cat-file</em> (--batch | --batch-check | --batch-command) [--batch-all-objects] |
| [--buffer] [--follow-symlinks] [--unordered] |
| [--textconv | --filters] [-Z]</pre> |
| </div> |
| </div> |
| </div> |
| <div class="sect1"> |
| <h2 id="_description">DESCRIPTION</h2> |
| <div class="sectionbody"> |
| <div class="paragraph"> |
| <p>Output the contents or other properties such as size, type or delta |
| information of one or more objects.</p> |
| </div> |
| <div class="paragraph"> |
| <p>This command can operate in two modes, depending on whether an option |
| from the <code>--batch</code> family is specified.</p> |
| </div> |
| <div class="paragraph"> |
| <p>In non-batch mode, the command provides information on an object |
| named on the command line.</p> |
| </div> |
| <div class="paragraph"> |
| <p>In batch mode, arguments are read from standard input.</p> |
| </div> |
| </div> |
| </div> |
| <div class="sect1"> |
| <h2 id="_options">OPTIONS</h2> |
| <div class="sectionbody"> |
| <div class="dlist"> |
| <dl> |
| <dt class="hdlist1"><object></dt> |
| <dd> |
| <p>The name of the object to show. |
| For a more complete list of ways to spell object names, see |
| the "SPECIFYING REVISIONS" section in <a href="gitrevisions.html">gitrevisions(7)</a>.</p> |
| </dd> |
| <dt class="hdlist1">-t</dt> |
| <dd> |
| <p>Instead of the content, show the object type identified by |
| <em><object></em>.</p> |
| </dd> |
| <dt class="hdlist1">-s</dt> |
| <dd> |
| <p>Instead of the content, show the object size identified by |
| <em><object></em>. If used with <code>--use-mailmap</code> option, will show |
| the size of updated object after replacing idents using the |
| mailmap mechanism.</p> |
| </dd> |
| <dt class="hdlist1">-e</dt> |
| <dd> |
| <p>Exit with zero status if <em><object></em> exists and is a valid |
| object. If <em><object></em> is of an invalid format, exit with non-zero |
| status and emit an error on stderr.</p> |
| </dd> |
| <dt class="hdlist1">-p</dt> |
| <dd> |
| <p>Pretty-print the contents of <em><object></em> based on its type.</p> |
| </dd> |
| <dt class="hdlist1"><type></dt> |
| <dd> |
| <p>Typically this matches the real type of <em><object></em> but asking |
| for a type that can trivially be dereferenced from the given |
| <em><object></em> is also permitted. An example is to ask for a |
| "tree" with <em><object></em> being a commit object that contains it, |
| or to ask for a "blob" with <em><object></em> being a tag object that |
| points at it.</p> |
| </dd> |
| <dt class="hdlist1">--[no-]mailmap</dt> |
| <dt class="hdlist1">--[no-]use-mailmap</dt> |
| <dd> |
| <p>Use mailmap file to map author, committer and tagger names |
| and email addresses to canonical real names and email addresses. |
| See <a href="git-shortlog.html">git-shortlog(1)</a>.</p> |
| </dd> |
| <dt class="hdlist1">--textconv</dt> |
| <dd> |
| <p>Show the content as transformed by a textconv filter. In this case, |
| <em><object></em> has to be of the form <em><tree-ish></em><code>:</code><em><path></em>, or <code>:</code><em><path></em> in |
| order to apply the filter to the content recorded in the index at |
| <em><path></em>.</p> |
| </dd> |
| <dt class="hdlist1">--filters</dt> |
| <dd> |
| <p>Show the content as converted by the filters configured in |
| the current working tree for the given <em><path></em> (i.e. smudge filters, |
| end-of-line conversion, etc). In this case, <em><object></em> has to be of |
| the form <em><tree-ish></em><code>:</code><em><path></em>, or <code>:</code><em><path></em>.</p> |
| </dd> |
| <dt class="hdlist1">--filter=<filter-spec></dt> |
| <dt class="hdlist1">--no-filter</dt> |
| <dd> |
| <p>Omit objects from the list of printed objects. This can only be used in |
| combination with one of the batched modes. Excluded objects that have |
| been explicitly requested via any of the batch modes that read objects |
| via standard input (<code>--batch</code>, <code>--batch-check</code>) will be reported as |
| "filtered". Excluded objects in <code>--batch-all-objects</code> mode will not be |
| printed at all. The <em><filter-spec></em> may be one of the following:</p> |
| <div class="paragraph"> |
| <p>The form <em>--filter=blob:none</em> omits all blobs.</p> |
| </div> |
| <div class="paragraph"> |
| <p>The form <em>--filter=blob:limit=<n>[kmg]</em> omits blobs of size at least n |
| bytes or units. n may be zero. The suffixes k, m, and g can be used to name |
| units in KiB, MiB, or GiB. For example, <em>blob:limit=1k</em> is the same as |
| <em>blob:limit=1024</em>.</p> |
| </div> |
| <div class="paragraph"> |
| <p>The form <em>--filter=object:type=(tag|commit|tree|blob)</em> omits all objects which |
| are not of the requested type.</p> |
| </div> |
| </dd> |
| <dt class="hdlist1">--path=<path></dt> |
| <dd> |
| <p>For use with <code>--textconv</code> or <code>--filters</code>, to allow specifying an object |
| name and a path separately, e.g. when it is difficult to figure out |
| the revision from which the blob came.</p> |
| </dd> |
| <dt class="hdlist1">--batch</dt> |
| <dt class="hdlist1">--batch=<format></dt> |
| <dd> |
| <p>Print object information and contents for each object provided |
| on stdin. May not be combined with any other options or arguments |
| except <code>--textconv</code>, <code>--filters</code>, or <code>--use-mailmap</code>.</p> |
| <div class="openblock"> |
| <div class="content"> |
| <div class="ulist"> |
| <ul> |
| <li> |
| <p>When used with <code>--textconv</code> or <code>--filters</code>, the input lines |
| must specify the path, separated by whitespace. See the section |
| <code>BATCH</code> <code>OUTPUT</code> below for details.</p> |
| </li> |
| <li> |
| <p>When used with <code>--use-mailmap</code>, for commit and tag objects, the |
| contents part of the output shows the identities replaced using the |
| mailmap mechanism, while the information part of the output shows |
| the size of the object as if it actually recorded the replacement |
| identities.</p> |
| </li> |
| </ul> |
| </div> |
| </div> |
| </div> |
| </dd> |
| <dt class="hdlist1">--batch-check</dt> |
| <dt class="hdlist1">--batch-check=<format></dt> |
| <dd> |
| <p>Print object information for each object provided on stdin. May not be |
| combined with any other options or arguments except <code>--textconv</code>, <code>--filters</code> |
| or <code>--use-mailmap</code>.</p> |
| <div class="openblock"> |
| <div class="content"> |
| <div class="ulist"> |
| <ul> |
| <li> |
| <p>When used with <code>--textconv</code> or <code>--filters</code>, the input lines must |
| specify the path, separated by whitespace. See the section |
| <code>BATCH</code> <code>OUTPUT</code> below for details.</p> |
| </li> |
| <li> |
| <p>When used with <code>--use-mailmap</code>, for commit and tag objects, the |
| printed object information shows the size of the object as if the |
| identities recorded in it were replaced by the mailmap mechanism.</p> |
| </li> |
| </ul> |
| </div> |
| </div> |
| </div> |
| </dd> |
| <dt class="hdlist1">--batch-command</dt> |
| <dt class="hdlist1">--batch-command=<format></dt> |
| <dd> |
| <p>Enter a command mode that reads commands and arguments from stdin. May |
| only be combined with <code>--buffer</code>, <code>--textconv</code>, <code>--use-mailmap</code> or |
| <code>--filters</code>.</p> |
| <div class="openblock"> |
| <div class="content"> |
| <div class="ulist"> |
| <ul> |
| <li> |
| <p>When used with <code>--textconv</code> or <code>--filters</code>, the input lines must |
| specify the path, separated by whitespace. See the section |
| <code>BATCH</code> <code>OUTPUT</code> below for details.</p> |
| </li> |
| <li> |
| <p>When used with <code>--use-mailmap</code>, for commit and tag objects, the |
| <code>contents</code> command shows the identities replaced using the |
| mailmap mechanism, while the <code>info</code> command shows the size |
| of the object as if it actually recorded the replacement |
| identities.</p> |
| </li> |
| </ul> |
| </div> |
| </div> |
| </div> |
| <div class="paragraph"> |
| <p><code>--batch-command</code> recognizes the following commands:</p> |
| </div> |
| <div class="openblock"> |
| <div class="content"> |
| <div class="dlist"> |
| <dl> |
| <dt class="hdlist1">contents <object></dt> |
| <dd> |
| <p>Print object contents for object reference <em><object></em>. This corresponds to |
| the output of <code>--batch</code>.</p> |
| </dd> |
| <dt class="hdlist1">info <object></dt> |
| <dd> |
| <p>Print object info for object reference <em><object></em>. This corresponds to the |
| output of <code>--batch-check</code>.</p> |
| </dd> |
| <dt class="hdlist1">flush</dt> |
| <dd> |
| <p>Used with <code>--buffer</code> to execute all preceding commands that were issued |
| since the beginning or since the last flush was issued. When <code>--buffer</code> |
| is used, no output will come until a <code>flush</code> is issued. When <code>--buffer</code> |
| is not used, commands are flushed each time without issuing <code>flush</code>.</p> |
| </dd> |
| </dl> |
| </div> |
| </div> |
| </div> |
| </dd> |
| <dt class="hdlist1">--batch-all-objects</dt> |
| <dd> |
| <p>Instead of reading a list of objects on stdin, perform the |
| requested batch operation on all objects in the repository and |
| any alternate object stores (not just reachable objects). |
| Requires <code>--batch</code> or <code>--batch-check</code> be specified. By default, |
| the objects are visited in order sorted by their hashes; see |
| also <code>--unordered</code> below. Objects are presented as-is, without |
| respecting the "replace" mechanism of <a href="git-replace.html">git-replace(1)</a>.</p> |
| </dd> |
| <dt class="hdlist1">--buffer</dt> |
| <dd> |
| <p>Normally batch output is flushed after each object is output, so |
| that a process can interactively read and write from |
| <code>cat-file</code>. With this option, the output uses normal stdio |
| buffering; this is much more efficient when invoking |
| <code>--batch-check</code> or <code>--batch-command</code> on a large number of objects.</p> |
| </dd> |
| <dt class="hdlist1">--unordered</dt> |
| <dd> |
| <p>When <code>--batch-all-objects</code> is in use, visit objects in an |
| order which may be more efficient for accessing the object |
| contents than hash order. The exact details of the order are |
| unspecified, but if you do not require a specific order, this |
| should generally result in faster output, especially with |
| <code>--batch</code>. Note that <code>cat-file</code> will still show each object |
| only once, even if it is stored multiple times in the |
| repository.</p> |
| </dd> |
| <dt class="hdlist1">--follow-symlinks</dt> |
| <dd> |
| <p>With <code>--batch</code> or <code>--batch-check</code>, follow symlinks inside the |
| repository when requesting objects with extended SHA-1 |
| expressions of the form tree-ish:path-in-tree. Instead of |
| providing output about the link itself, provide output about |
| the linked-to object. If a symlink points outside the |
| tree-ish (e.g. a link to <code>/foo</code> or a root-level link to <code>..</code><code>/foo</code>), |
| the portion of the link which is outside the tree will be |
| printed.</p> |
| <div class="paragraph"> |
| <p>This option does not (currently) work correctly when an object in the |
| index is specified (e.g. <code>:link</code> instead of <code>HEAD:link</code>) rather than |
| one in the tree.</p> |
| </div> |
| <div class="paragraph"> |
| <p>This option cannot (currently) be used unless <code>--batch</code> or |
| <code>--batch-check</code> is used.</p> |
| </div> |
| <div class="paragraph"> |
| <p>For example, consider a git repository containing:</p> |
| </div> |
| <div class="openblock"> |
| <div class="content"> |
| <div class="literalblock"> |
| <div class="content"> |
| <pre>f: a file containing "hello\n" |
| link: a symlink to f |
| dir/link: a symlink to ../f |
| plink: a symlink to ../f |
| alink: a symlink to /etc/passwd</pre> |
| </div> |
| </div> |
| </div> |
| </div> |
| <div class="paragraph"> |
| <p>For a regular file <code>f</code>, <code>echo</code> <code>HEAD:f</code> | <code>git</code> <code>cat-file</code> <code>--batch</code> would print</p> |
| </div> |
| <div class="openblock"> |
| <div class="content"> |
| <div class="literalblock"> |
| <div class="content"> |
| <pre>ce013625030ba8dba906f756967f9e9ca394464a blob 6</pre> |
| </div> |
| </div> |
| </div> |
| </div> |
| <div class="paragraph"> |
| <p>And <code>echo</code> <code>HEAD:link</code> | <code>git</code> <code>cat-file</code> <code>--batch</code> <code>--follow-symlinks</code> would |
| print the same thing, as would <code>HEAD:dir/link</code>, as they both point at |
| <code>HEAD:f</code>.</p> |
| </div> |
| <div class="paragraph"> |
| <p>Without <code>--follow-symlinks</code>, these would print data about the symlink |
| itself. In the case of <code>HEAD:link</code>, you would see</p> |
| </div> |
| <div class="openblock"> |
| <div class="content"> |
| <div class="literalblock"> |
| <div class="content"> |
| <pre>4d1ae35ba2c8ec712fa2a379db44ad639ca277bd blob 1</pre> |
| </div> |
| </div> |
| </div> |
| </div> |
| <div class="paragraph"> |
| <p>Both <code>plink</code> and <code>alink</code> point outside the tree, so they would |
| respectively print:</p> |
| </div> |
| <div class="openblock"> |
| <div class="content"> |
| <div class="literalblock"> |
| <div class="content"> |
| <pre>symlink 4 |
| ../f</pre> |
| </div> |
| </div> |
| <div class="literalblock"> |
| <div class="content"> |
| <pre>symlink 11 |
| /etc/passwd</pre> |
| </div> |
| </div> |
| </div> |
| </div> |
| </dd> |
| <dt class="hdlist1">-Z</dt> |
| <dd> |
| <p>Only meaningful with <code>--batch</code>, <code>--batch-check</code>, or |
| <code>--batch-command</code>; input and output is NUL-delimited instead of |
| newline-delimited.</p> |
| </dd> |
| <dt class="hdlist1">-z</dt> |
| <dd> |
| <p>Only meaningful with <code>--batch</code>, <code>--batch-check</code>, or |
| <code>--batch-command</code>; input is NUL-delimited instead of |
| newline-delimited. This option is deprecated in favor of |
| <code>-Z</code> as the output can otherwise be ambiguous.</p> |
| </dd> |
| </dl> |
| </div> |
| </div> |
| </div> |
| <div class="sect1"> |
| <h2 id="_output">OUTPUT</h2> |
| <div class="sectionbody"> |
| <div class="paragraph"> |
| <p>If <code>-t</code> is specified, one of the <em><type></em>.</p> |
| </div> |
| <div class="paragraph"> |
| <p>If <code>-s</code> is specified, the size of the <em><object></em> in bytes.</p> |
| </div> |
| <div class="paragraph"> |
| <p>If <code>-e</code> is specified, no output, unless the <em><object></em> is malformed.</p> |
| </div> |
| <div class="paragraph"> |
| <p>If <code>-p</code> is specified, the contents of <em><object></em> are pretty-printed.</p> |
| </div> |
| <div class="paragraph"> |
| <p>If <em><type></em> is specified, the raw (though uncompressed) contents of the <em><object></em> |
| will be returned.</p> |
| </div> |
| </div> |
| </div> |
| <div class="sect1"> |
| <h2 id="_batch_output">BATCH OUTPUT</h2> |
| <div class="sectionbody"> |
| <div class="paragraph"> |
| <p>If <code>--batch</code> or <code>--batch-check</code> is given, <code>cat-file</code> will read objects |
| from stdin, one per line, and print information about them in the same |
| order as they have been read. By default, the whole line is |
| considered as an object, as if it were fed to <a href="git-rev-parse.html">git-rev-parse(1)</a>.</p> |
| </div> |
| <div class="paragraph"> |
| <p>When <code>--batch-command</code> is given, <code>cat-file</code> will read commands from stdin, |
| one per line, and print information based on the command given. With |
| <code>--batch-command</code>, the <code>info</code> command followed by an object will print |
| information about the object the same way <code>--batch-check</code> would, and the |
| <code>contents</code> command followed by an object prints contents in the same way |
| <code>--batch</code> would.</p> |
| </div> |
| <div class="paragraph"> |
| <p>You can specify the information shown for each object by using a custom |
| <em><format></em>. The <em><format></em> is copied literally to stdout for each |
| object, with placeholders of the form <code>%</code>(<code>atom</code>) expanded, followed by a |
| newline. The available atoms are:</p> |
| </div> |
| <div class="dlist"> |
| <dl> |
| <dt class="hdlist1"><code>objectname</code></dt> |
| <dd> |
| <p>The full hex representation of the object name.</p> |
| </dd> |
| <dt class="hdlist1"><code>objecttype</code></dt> |
| <dd> |
| <p>The type of the object (the same as <code>cat-file</code> <code>-t</code> reports).</p> |
| </dd> |
| <dt class="hdlist1"><code>objectmode</code></dt> |
| <dd> |
| <p>If the specified object has mode information (such as a tree or |
| index entry), the mode expressed as an octal integer. Otherwise, |
| empty string.</p> |
| </dd> |
| <dt class="hdlist1"><code>objectsize</code></dt> |
| <dd> |
| <p>The size, in bytes, of the object (the same as <code>cat-file</code> <code>-s</code> |
| reports).</p> |
| </dd> |
| <dt class="hdlist1"><code>objectsize:disk</code></dt> |
| <dd> |
| <p>The size, in bytes, that the object takes up on disk. See the |
| note about on-disk sizes in the <code>CAVEATS</code> section below.</p> |
| </dd> |
| <dt class="hdlist1"><code>deltabase</code></dt> |
| <dd> |
| <p>If the object is stored as a delta on-disk, this expands to the |
| full hex representation of the delta base object name. |
| Otherwise, expands to the null OID (all zeroes). See <code>CAVEATS</code> |
| below.</p> |
| </dd> |
| <dt class="hdlist1"><code>rest</code></dt> |
| <dd> |
| <p>If this atom is used in the output string, input lines are split |
| at the first whitespace boundary. All characters before that |
| whitespace are considered to be the object name; characters |
| after that first run of whitespace (i.e., the "rest" of the |
| line) are output in place of the <code>%</code>(<code>rest</code>) atom.</p> |
| </dd> |
| </dl> |
| </div> |
| <div class="paragraph"> |
| <p>If no format is specified, the default format is <code>%</code>(<code>objectname</code>) |
| <code>%</code>(<code>objecttype</code>) <code>%</code>(<code>objectsize</code>).</p> |
| </div> |
| <div class="paragraph"> |
| <p>If <code>--batch</code> is specified, or if <code>--batch-command</code> is used with the <code>contents</code> |
| command, the object information is followed by the object contents (consisting |
| of <code>%</code>(<code>objectsize</code>) bytes), followed by a newline.</p> |
| </div> |
| <div class="paragraph"> |
| <p>For example, <code>--batch</code> without a custom format would produce:</p> |
| </div> |
| <div class="listingblock"> |
| <div class="content"> |
| <pre><oid> SP <type> SP <size> LF |
| <contents> LF</pre> |
| </div> |
| </div> |
| <div class="paragraph"> |
| <p>Whereas <code>--batch-check=</code>'%(<code>objectname</code>) <code>%</code>(<code>objecttype</code>)' would produce:</p> |
| </div> |
| <div class="listingblock"> |
| <div class="content"> |
| <pre><oid> SP <type> LF</pre> |
| </div> |
| </div> |
| <div class="paragraph"> |
| <p>If a name is specified on stdin that cannot be resolved to an object in |
| the repository, then <code>cat-file</code> will ignore any custom format and print:</p> |
| </div> |
| <div class="listingblock"> |
| <div class="content"> |
| <pre><object> SP missing LF</pre> |
| </div> |
| </div> |
| <div class="paragraph"> |
| <p>If a name is specified on stdin that is filtered out via <code>--filter=</code>, |
| then <code>cat-file</code> will ignore any custom format and print:</p> |
| </div> |
| <div class="listingblock"> |
| <div class="content"> |
| <pre><object> SP excluded LF</pre> |
| </div> |
| </div> |
| <div class="paragraph"> |
| <p>If a name is specified that might refer to more than one object (an ambiguous short sha), then <code>cat-file</code> will ignore any custom format and print:</p> |
| </div> |
| <div class="listingblock"> |
| <div class="content"> |
| <pre><object> SP ambiguous LF</pre> |
| </div> |
| </div> |
| <div class="paragraph"> |
| <p>If a name is specified that refers to a submodule entry in a tree and the |
| target object does not exist in the repository, then <code>cat-file</code> will ignore |
| any custom format and print (with the object ID of the submodule):</p> |
| </div> |
| <div class="listingblock"> |
| <div class="content"> |
| <pre><oid> SP submodule LF</pre> |
| </div> |
| </div> |
| <div class="paragraph"> |
| <p>If <code>--follow-symlinks</code> is used, and a symlink in the repository points |
| outside the repository, then <code>cat-file</code> will ignore any custom format |
| and print:</p> |
| </div> |
| <div class="listingblock"> |
| <div class="content"> |
| <pre>symlink SP <size> LF |
| <symlink> LF</pre> |
| </div> |
| </div> |
| <div class="paragraph"> |
| <p>The symlink will either be absolute (beginning with a <code>/</code>), or relative |
| to the tree root. For instance, if dir/link points to <code>..</code><code>/</code><code>..</code><code>/foo</code>, then |
| <em><symlink></em> will be <code>..</code><code>/foo</code>. <em><size></em> is the size of the symlink in bytes.</p> |
| </div> |
| <div class="paragraph"> |
| <p>If <code>--follow-symlinks</code> is used, the following error messages will be |
| displayed:</p> |
| </div> |
| <div class="listingblock"> |
| <div class="content"> |
| <pre><object> SP missing LF</pre> |
| </div> |
| </div> |
| <div class="paragraph"> |
| <p>is printed when the initial symlink requested does not exist.</p> |
| </div> |
| <div class="listingblock"> |
| <div class="content"> |
| <pre>dangling SP <size> LF |
| <object> LF</pre> |
| </div> |
| </div> |
| <div class="paragraph"> |
| <p>is printed when the initial symlink exists, but something that |
| it (transitive-of) points to does not.</p> |
| </div> |
| <div class="listingblock"> |
| <div class="content"> |
| <pre>loop SP <size> LF |
| <object> LF</pre> |
| </div> |
| </div> |
| <div class="paragraph"> |
| <p>is printed for symlink loops (or any symlinks that |
| require more than 40 link resolutions to resolve).</p> |
| </div> |
| <div class="listingblock"> |
| <div class="content"> |
| <pre>notdir SP <size> LF |
| <object> LF</pre> |
| </div> |
| </div> |
| <div class="paragraph"> |
| <p>is printed when, during symlink resolution, a file is used as a |
| directory name.</p> |
| </div> |
| <div class="paragraph"> |
| <p>Alternatively, when <code>-Z</code> is passed, the line feeds in any of the above examples |
| are replaced with NUL terminators. This ensures that output will be parsable if |
| the output itself would contain a linefeed and is thus recommended for |
| scripting purposes.</p> |
| </div> |
| </div> |
| </div> |
| <div class="sect1"> |
| <h2 id="_caveats">CAVEATS</h2> |
| <div class="sectionbody"> |
| <div class="paragraph"> |
| <p>Note that the sizes of objects on disk are reported accurately, but care |
| should be taken in drawing conclusions about which refs or objects are |
| responsible for disk usage. The size of a packed non-delta object may be |
| much larger than the size of objects which delta against it, but the |
| choice of which object is the base and which is the delta is arbitrary |
| and is subject to change during a repack.</p> |
| </div> |
| <div class="paragraph"> |
| <p>Note also that multiple copies of an object may be present in the object |
| database; in this case, it is undefined which copy’s size or delta base |
| will be reported.</p> |
| </div> |
| </div> |
| </div> |
| <div class="sect1"> |
| <h2 id="_git">GIT</h2> |
| <div class="sectionbody"> |
| <div class="paragraph"> |
| <p>Part of the <a href="git.html">git(1)</a> suite</p> |
| </div> |
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