From 7950571ad75c1c97e5e53626d8342b01b167c790 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
Date: Sat, 3 Dec 2005 17:57:48 -0800
Subject: A few more options for git-cat-file

This adds '-e' option to git-cat-file, to test for the existence
of the object.

This also cleans up the option-parsing in git-cat-file slightly.

[jc: HPA version had -n option which did rev-parse --verify; the
real value of this patch is the option parsing cleanup.]

Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
---
 Documentation/git-cat-file.txt | 13 ++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

(limited to 'Documentation/git-cat-file.txt')

diff --git a/Documentation/git-cat-file.txt b/Documentation/git-cat-file.txt
index ab4dcae21c..9a7700fa7f 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-cat-file.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-cat-file.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ git-cat-file - Provide content or type information for repository objects
 
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
-'git-cat-file' (-t | -s | <type>) <object>
+'git-cat-file' (-t | -s | -e | <type>) <object>
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
@@ -29,6 +29,10 @@ OPTIONS
 	Instead of the content, show the object size identified by
 	<object>.
 
+-e::
+	Suppress all output; instead exit with zero status if <object>
+	exists and is a valid object.
+
 <type>::
 	Typically this matches the real type of <object> but asking
 	for a type that can trivially be dereferenced from the given
@@ -39,8 +43,11 @@ OPTIONS
 
 OUTPUT
 ------
-If '-t' is specified, one of the <type>.  If '-s' is specified,
-the size of the <object> in bytes.
+If '-t' is specified, one of the <type>.
+
+If '-s' is specified, the size of the <object> in bytes.
+
+If '-e' is specified, no output.
 
 Otherwise the raw (though uncompressed) contents of the <object> will
 be returned.
-- 
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