Karthik Nayak <karthik.188@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > 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 s/$/.com/ perhaps? > Signed-off-by: Karthik Nayak <karthik.188@xxxxxxxxx> > --- > builtin/cat-file.c | 38 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------- > 1 file changed, 29 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/builtin/cat-file.c b/builtin/cat-file.c > index df99df4..91ceae0 100644 > --- a/builtin/cat-file.c > +++ b/builtin/cat-file.c > @@ -9,13 +9,20 @@ > #include "userdiff.h" > #include "streaming.h" > > -static int cat_one_file(int opt, const char *exp_type, const char *obj_name) > +static int cat_one_file(int opt, const char *exp_type, const char *obj_name, > + int literally) > { > unsigned char sha1[20]; > enum object_type type; > char *buf; > unsigned long size; > struct object_context obj_context; > + struct object_info oi = {NULL}; > + struct strbuf sb = STRBUF_INIT; > + unsigned flags = LOOKUP_REPLACE_OBJECT; > + > + if (literally) > + flags |= LOOKUP_LITERALLY; > > if (get_sha1_with_context(obj_name, 0, sha1, &obj_context)) > die("Not a valid object name %s", obj_name); > @@ -23,16 +30,24 @@ static int cat_one_file(int opt, const char *exp_type, const char *obj_name) > buf = NULL; > switch (opt) { > case 't': > - type = sha1_object_info(sha1, NULL); > - if (type > 0) { > - printf("%s\n", typename(type)); > + oi.typep = &type; > + oi.typename = &sb; > + if (sha1_object_info_extended(sha1, &oi, flags) < 0) > + die("git cat-file: could not get object info"); > + if (type >= 0 && sb.len) { > + printf("%s\n", sb.buf); > + strbuf_release(&sb); > return 0; > } > break; > > case 's': > - type = sha1_object_info(sha1, &size); > - if (type > 0) { > + oi.typep = &type; > + oi.typename = &sb; > + oi.sizep = &size; > + if (sha1_object_info_extended(sha1, &oi, flags) < 0) > + die("git cat-file: could not get object info"); > + if (type >= 0 && sb.len) { > printf("%lu\n", size); > return 0; > } > @@ -323,7 +338,7 @@ static int batch_objects(struct batch_options *opt) > } > > static const char * const cat_file_usage[] = { > - N_("git cat-file (-t | -s | -e | -p | <type> | --textconv) <object>"), > + N_("git cat-file (-t [--literally]|-s [--literally]|-e|-p|<type>|--textconv) <object>"), > N_("git cat-file (--batch | --batch-check) < <list-of-objects>"), > NULL > }; > @@ -359,6 +374,7 @@ int cmd_cat_file(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix) > int opt = 0; > const char *exp_type = NULL, *obj_name = NULL; > struct batch_options batch = {0}; > + int literally = 0; > > const struct option options[] = { > OPT_GROUP(N_("<type> can be one of: blob, tree, commit, tag")), > @@ -369,6 +385,8 @@ int cmd_cat_file(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix) > OPT_SET_INT('p', NULL, &opt, N_("pretty-print object's content"), 'p'), > OPT_SET_INT(0, "textconv", &opt, > N_("for blob objects, run textconv on object's content"), 'c'), > + OPT_BOOL( 0, "literally", &literally, > + N_("get information about corrupt objects for debugging Git")), > { OPTION_CALLBACK, 0, "batch", &batch, "format", > N_("show info and content of objects fed from the standard input"), > PARSE_OPT_OPTARG, batch_option_callback }, > @@ -380,7 +398,7 @@ int cmd_cat_file(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix) > > git_config(git_cat_file_config, NULL); > > - if (argc != 3 && argc != 2) > + if (argc < 2 || argc > 4) > usage_with_options(cat_file_usage, options); > > argc = parse_options(argc, argv, prefix, options, cat_file_usage, 0); > @@ -405,5 +423,7 @@ 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') > + die("git cat-file --literally: use with -s or -t"); > + return cat_one_file(opt, exp_type, obj_name, literally); > } -- 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