When trying to find out the type of the object, there is no need
to uncompress the whole object. Just use sha1_object_info().
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <redacted>
---
cat-file.c | 10 ++++------
1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
fcfdd3d74d359af32dd30aa9f4fe373cebb3e232
diff --git a/cat-file.c b/cat-file.c
--- a/cat-file.c
+++ b/cat-file.c
@@ -16,13 +16,11 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
usage("git-cat-file [-t | tagname] <sha1>");
if (!strcmp("-t", argv[1])) {
- buf = read_sha1_file(sha1, type, &size);
- if (buf) {
- buf = type;
- size = strlen(type);
- type[size] = '\n';
- size++;
+ if (!sha1_object_info(sha1, type, &size)) {
+ printf("%s\n", type);
+ return 0;
}
+ buf = NULL;
} else {
buf = read_object_with_reference(sha1, argv[1], &size, NULL);
}
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