This patch series make cat-file reuse ref-filter logic. Change from last version: 1. Amend part of the description of git for-each-ref.txt. 2. Modify commit messages about why cat-file reject some atoms. 3. Resolve conflicts with the 'seen' branch, rebase this patch on (bb9a3a8f77 Merge branch 'zh/cat-file-batch-fix' into jch). ZheNing Hu (15): [GSOC] ref-filter: add obj-type check in grab contents [GSOC] ref-filter: add %(raw) atom [GSOC] ref-filter: --format=%(raw) re-support --perl [GSOC] ref-filter: use non-const ref_format in *_atom_parser() [GSOC] ref-filter: add %(rest) atom [GSOC] ref-filter: pass get_object() return value to their callers [GSOC] ref-filter: introduce free_ref_array_item_value() function [GSOC] ref-filter: add cat_file_mode in struct ref_format [GSOC] ref-filter: modify the error message and value in get_object [GSOC] cat-file: add has_object_file() check [GSOC] cat-file: change batch_objects parameter name [GSOC] cat-file: reuse ref-filter logic [GSOC] cat-file: reuse err buf in batch_object_write() [GSOC] cat-file: re-implement --textconv, --filters options [GSOC] ref-filter: remove grab_oid() function Documentation/git-cat-file.txt | 6 + Documentation/git-for-each-ref.txt | 9 + builtin/cat-file.c | 275 ++++++---------------- builtin/tag.c | 2 +- quote.c | 17 ++ quote.h | 1 + ref-filter.c | 357 ++++++++++++++++++++++------- ref-filter.h | 14 +- t/t1006-cat-file.sh | 251 ++++++++++++++++++++ t/t3203-branch-output.sh | 4 + t/t6300-for-each-ref.sh | 235 +++++++++++++++++++ t/t6301-for-each-ref-errors.sh | 2 +- t/t7004-tag.sh | 4 + t/t7030-verify-tag.sh | 4 + 14 files changed, 887 insertions(+), 294 deletions(-) base-commit: bb9a3a8f77e13b7a414cf64bf294c3f59f2444c9 Published-As: https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/releases/tag/pr-989%2Fadlternative%2Fcat-file-batch-refactor-rebase-version-v1 Fetch-It-Via: git fetch https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git pr-989/adlternative/cat-file-batch-refactor-rebase-version-v1 Pull-Request: https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/pull/989 -- gitgitgadget