git-cat-file: add page (#4492)

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Howard Yun 2020-10-05 10:55:53 -04:00 committed by GitHub
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# git cat-file
> Provide content or type and size information for git repository objects.
> More information: <https://git-scm.com/docs/git-cat-file>.
- 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}}`