Thread (13 messages) 13 messages, 2 authors, 2016-06-15

[PATCH v7 3/4] cat-file: add documentation for '--literally' option.

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From: Karthik Nayak <hidden>
Date: 2016-06-15 23:04:22
Subsystem: documentation, the rest · Maintainers: Jonathan Corbet, Linus Torvalds

Revision v7 of 2 in this series.

Revisions (2)
  1. v7 current
  2. v8 [diff vs current]
Signed-off-by: Karthik Nayak <redacted>
---
 Documentation/git-cat-file.txt | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-cat-file.txt b/Documentation/git-cat-file.txt
index f6a16f4..8bac7bd 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-cat-file.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-cat-file.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ git-cat-file - Provide content or type and size information for repository objec
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
 [verse]
-'git cat-file' (-t | -s | -e | -p | <type> | --textconv ) <object>
+'git cat-file' (-t [--literally]| -s [--literally]| -e | -p | <type> | --textconv ) <object>
 'git cat-file' (--batch | --batch-check) < <list-of-objects>
 
 DESCRIPTION
@@ -69,6 +69,10 @@ OPTIONS
 	not be combined with any other options or arguments.  See the
 	section `BATCH OUTPUT` below for details.
 
+--literally::
+	Print information of broken/corrupt objects of unknown type without
+	throwing an error. To be used combined with '-s' or '-t' option.
+
 OUTPUT
 ------
 If '-t' is specified, one of the <type>.
-- 
2.4.0.rc1.249.g9f2ee54
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