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diff --git a/Documentation/git-cat-file.adoc b/Documentation/git-cat-file.adoc index cde79ad242..180d1ad363 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-cat-file.adoc +++ b/Documentation/git-cat-file.adoc @@ -307,6 +307,11 @@ newline. The available atoms are: `objecttype`:: The type of the object (the same as `cat-file -t` reports). +`objectmode`:: + If the specified object has mode information (such as a tree or + index entry), the mode expressed as an octal integer. Otherwise, + empty string. + `objectsize`:: The size, in bytes, of the object (the same as `cat-file -s` reports). @@ -368,6 +373,14 @@ If a name is specified that might refer to more than one object (an ambiguous sh <object> SP ambiguous LF ------------ +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 `cat-file` will ignore +any custom format and print (with the object ID of the submodule): + +------------ +<oid> SP submodule LF +------------ + If `--follow-symlinks` is used, and a symlink in the repository points outside the repository, then `cat-file` will ignore any custom format and print: |