On Fri, Oct 08, 2021 at 02:54:51PM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote: > Jeff King <peff@xxxxxxxx> writes: > > > git cat-file -p bar-branch:foo.c > > > > (the "-p" is "pretty-print based on the object's type", so the two are > > equivalent). > > IIRC, "cat-file -p" doesn't do textconv, but "show" would, and > depending on the use case the difference may matter. Sorry, I should have been more clear. I meant that the two cat-file invocations are equivalent (using "blob" versus "-p"). I agree that for human consumption, "show" is preferable. -Peff
