'git cat-file' throws an error while trying to print the type or
size of a broken/corrupt object. This is because these objects are
usually of unknown types.
Teach git cat-file a '--allow-unknown-type' 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 '--allow-unknown-type' option.
Add documentation for 'cat-file --allow-unknown-type'.
Helped-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx>
Helped-by: Eric Sunshine <sunshine@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Karthik Nayak <karthik.188@xxxxxxxxx>
cat-file: add documentation for '--allow-unknown-type' option.
Signed-off-by: Karthik Nayak <karthik.188@xxxxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/git-cat-file.txt | 5 ++++-
builtin/cat-file.c | 38 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------
2 files changed, 30 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-cat-file.txt b/Documentation/git-cat-file.txt
index f6a16f4..499ae7b 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 [--allow-unknown-type]| -s [--allow-unknown-type]| -e | -p | <type> | --textconv ) <object>
'git cat-file' (--batch | --batch-check) < <list-of-objects>
DESCRIPTION
@@ -69,6 +69,9 @@ OPTIONS
not be combined with any other options or arguments. See the
section `BATCH OUTPUT` below for details.
+--allow-unknown-type::
+ Allow -s or -t to query broken/corrupt objects of unknown type.
+
OUTPUT
------
If '-t' is specified, one of the <type>.
diff --git a/builtin/cat-file.c b/builtin/cat-file.c
index 53b5376..ecb4888 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 unknown_type)
{
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 (unknown_type)
+ flags |= LOOKUP_UNKNOWN_OBJECT;
if (get_sha1_with_context(obj_name, 0, sha1, &obj_context))
die("Not a valid object name %s", obj_name);
@@ -23,20 +30,22 @@ 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.typename = &sb;
+ if (sha1_object_info_extended(sha1, &oi, flags) < 0)
+ die("git cat-file: could not get object info");
+ if (sb.len) {
+ printf("%s\n", sb.buf);
+ strbuf_release(&sb);
return 0;
}
break;
case 's':
- type = sha1_object_info(sha1, &size);
- if (type > 0) {
- printf("%lu\n", size);
- return 0;
- }
- break;
+ oi.sizep = &size;
+ if (sha1_object_info_extended(sha1, &oi, flags) < 0)
+ die("git cat-file: could not get object info");
+ printf("%lu\n", size);
+ return 0;
case 'e':
return !has_sha1_file(sha1);
@@ -323,7 +332,7 @@ 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 [--allow-unknown-type]|-s [--allow-unknown-type]|-e|-p|<type>|--textconv) <object>"),
N_("git cat-file (--batch | --batch-check) < <list-of-objects>"),
NULL
};
@@ -359,6 +368,7 @@ 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 unknown_type = 0;
const struct option options[] = {
OPT_GROUP(N_("<type> can be one of: blob, tree, commit, tag")),
@@ -369,6 +379,8 @@ int cmd_cat_file(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
OPT_CMDMODE('p', NULL, &opt, N_("pretty-print object's content"), 'p'),
OPT_CMDMODE(0, "textconv", &opt,
N_("for blob objects, run textconv on object's content"), 'c'),
+ OPT_BOOL( 0, "allow-unknown-type", &unknown_type,
+ N_("allow -s and -t to work with broken/corrupt objects")),
{ OPTION_CALLBACK, 0, "batch", &batch, "format",
N_("show info and content of objects fed from the standard input"),
PARSE_OPT_OPTARG, batch_option_callback },
@@ -402,5 +414,7 @@ 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 (unknown_type && opt != 't' && opt != 's')
+ die("git cat-file --allow-unknown-type: use with -s or -t");
+ return cat_one_file(opt, exp_type, obj_name, unknown_type);
}
--
2.4.0.rc1.250.gfbd73bd
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