On Mon, Feb 29, 2016 at 06:44:55AM -0500, Jeff King wrote: > [...]but it would be easy to change: > > diff --git a/builtin/cat-file.c b/builtin/cat-file.c > index 54db118..afde169 100644 > --- a/builtin/cat-file.c > +++ b/builtin/cat-file.c > @@ -35,6 +35,9 @@ static int cat_one_file(int opt, const char *exp_type, const char *obj_name, > if (unknown_type) > flags |= LOOKUP_UNKNOWN_OBJECT; > > + if (opt == 'e') > + return !has_sha1_file(sha1); > + > if (get_sha1_with_context(obj_name, 0, sha1, &obj_context)) > die("Not a valid object name %s", obj_name); > > @@ -58,9 +61,6 @@ static int cat_one_file(int opt, const char *exp_type, const char *obj_name, > printf("%lu\n", size); > return 0; > > - case 'e': > - return !has_sha1_file(sha1); > - > case 'c': > if (!obj_context.path[0]) > die("git cat-file --textconv %s: <object> must be <sha1:path>", This is wrong, of course. We still need to call get_sha1, but just need to not die. So it's more like this (totally untested, naturally): diff --git a/builtin/cat-file.c b/builtin/cat-file.c index 54db118..44add8c 100644 --- a/builtin/cat-file.c +++ b/builtin/cat-file.c @@ -35,8 +35,11 @@ static int cat_one_file(int opt, const char *exp_type, const char *obj_name, if (unknown_type) flags |= LOOKUP_UNKNOWN_OBJECT; - if (get_sha1_with_context(obj_name, 0, sha1, &obj_context)) + if (get_sha1_with_context(obj_name, 0, sha1, &obj_context)) { + if (opt == 'e') + return 1; die("Not a valid object name %s", obj_name); + } buf = NULL; switch (opt) { -Peff -- 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