The cat-file --batch command is very valuable in server settings, but so far it is missing a bit of functionality that would come in handy there. For example, it is sometimes necessary to determine the object mode of a batch of tree objects' children. This came up in $dayjob recently, and applies cleanly to v2.44.0. Johannes Schindelin (1): cat-file: avoid verifying submodules' OIDs Victoria Dye (2): t1006: update 'run_tests' to test generic object specifiers cat-file: add %(objectmode) atom Documentation/git-cat-file.txt | 10 +++++ builtin/cat-file.c | 41 ++++++++++++++---- t/t1006-cat-file.sh | 79 +++++++++++++++++++++------------- 3 files changed, 92 insertions(+), 38 deletions(-) base-commit: 3c2a3fdc388747b9eaf4a4a4f2035c1c9ddb26d0 Published-As: https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/releases/tag/pr-1689%2Fdscho%2Fcat-file-vs-submodules-v1 Fetch-It-Via: git fetch https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git pr-1689/dscho/cat-file-vs-submodules-v1 Pull-Request: https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/pull/1689 -- gitgitgadget
