Git · Inspection

git cat-file

Prints the contents of any Git object: commit, tree, blob or tag.

Syntax
git cat-file -p <object>

Example

Example
git cat-file -p HEAD

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git blame -L git count-objects git diff --check git diff --stat git diff --word-diff git for-each-ref git fsck git hash-object

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