From: ahmed akef <aemed.akef.1@xxxxxxxxx>
the order of the output is not described explicitly so someone can make
complex code to parse it instead of just depending on the order
Signed-off-by: ahmed akef <aemed.akef.1@xxxxxxxxx>
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explain the order of output in cat-file batch operations since it is not
explicit
Published-As: https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/releases/tag/pr-git-1761%2Fahmedakef%2Fexplain-the-order-of-output-in-cat-file-batch-operations-v1
Fetch-It-Via: git fetch https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git pr-git-1761/ahmedakef/explain-the-order-of-output-in-cat-file-batch-operations-v1
Pull-Request: https://github.com/git/git/pull/1761
Documentation/git-cat-file.txt | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-cat-file.txt b/Documentation/git-cat-file.txt
index bd95a6c10a7..f1e0b4a7219 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-cat-file.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-cat-file.txt
@@ -270,8 +270,8 @@ BATCH OUTPUT
------------
If `--batch` or `--batch-check` is given, `cat-file` will read objects
-from stdin, one per line, and print information about them. By default,
-the whole line is considered as an object, as if it were fed to
+from stdin, one per line, and print information about them sequentially in the same order.
+By default, the whole line is considered as an object, as if it were fed to
linkgit:git-rev-parse[1].
When `--batch-command` is given, `cat-file` will read commands from stdin,
base-commit: 406f326d271e0bacecdb00425422c5fa3f314930
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