git cat-file

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Provide content or type and size information for Git repository objects.

Examples (3)

Get the [s]ize of the `HEAD` commit in bytes

git cat-file -s HEAD

Get the [t]ype (blob, tree, commit, tag) of a given Git object

git cat-file -t 8c442dc3

Pretty-[p]rint the contents of a given Git object based on its type

git cat-file -p HEAD~2