On Wed, Mar 25, 2015 at 3:22 AM, Karthik Nayak <karthik.188@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Currently 'git cat-file' throws an error while trying to > print the type or size of a broken/corrupt object which is > created using 'git hash-object --literally'. This is > because these objects are usually of unknown types. > > Teach git cat-file a '--literally' option where it prints > the type or size of a broken/corrupt object without throwing > an error. > > Modify '-t' and '-s' options to call sha1_object_info_extended() > directly to support the '--literally' option. > > Helped-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> > Helped-by: Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco > Signed-off-by: Karthik Nayak <karthik.188@xxxxxxxxx> > --- > diff --git a/builtin/cat-file.c b/builtin/cat-file.c > index df99df4..6fee461 100644 > --- a/builtin/cat-file.c > +++ b/builtin/cat-file.c > @@ -405,5 +423,10 @@ int cmd_cat_file(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix) > if (batch.enabled) > return batch_objects(&batch); > > - return cat_one_file(opt, exp_type, obj_name); > + if (literally && (opt == 't' || opt == 's')) > + return cat_one_file(opt, exp_type, obj_name, literally); > + else if (literally) > + die("git cat-file --literally: use with -s or -t"); > + > + return cat_one_file(opt, exp_type, obj_name, literally); Although I haven't read the patch closely yet, this unnecessarily complex logic caught my eye as I was scanning the changes. If you check for the illegal option combination first, then you can coalesce the two identical cat_one_file() invocations, and this entire hunk reduces to the more readable: if (literally && opt != 't' && opt != 's') die("git cat-file --literally: use with -s or -t"); return cat_one_file(opt, exp_type, obj_name, literally); > } > -- > 2.3.1.170.g5319d60.dirty -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html