tldr/pages/common/git-cat-file.md

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}}