Subject: [PATCH v7 2/4] cat-file: teach cat-file a '--literally' option

From: Karthik Nayak <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 4 Apr 2015 11:14:04 +0530

Currently 'git cat-file' throws an error while trying to
print the type or size of a broken/corrupt object which is
created using 'git hash-object --literally'. This is
because these objects are usually of unknown types.

Teach git cat-file a '--literally' option where it prints
the type or size of a broken/corrupt object without throwing
an error.

Modify '-t' and '-s' options to call sha1_object_info_extended()
directly to support the '--literally' option.

Helped-by: Junio C Hamano <[email-masked]>
Helped-by: Eric Sunshine <[email-masked]>
Signed-off-by: Karthik Nayak <[email-masked]>
---
 builtin/cat-file.c | 38 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------
 1 file changed, 29 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/builtin/cat-file.c b/builtin/cat-file.c
index df99df4..91ceae0 100644
--- a/builtin/cat-file.c
+++ b/builtin/cat-file.c
@@ -9,13 +9,20 @@
 #include "userdiff.h"
 #include "streaming.h"
 
-static int cat_one_file(int opt, const char *exp_type, const char *obj_name)
+static int cat_one_file(int opt, const char *exp_type, const char *obj_name,
+			int literally)
 {
 	unsigned char sha1[20];
 	enum object_type type;
 	char *buf;
 	unsigned long size;
 	struct object_context obj_context;
+	struct object_info oi = {NULL};
+	struct strbuf sb = STRBUF_INIT;
+	unsigned flags = LOOKUP_REPLACE_OBJECT;
+
+	if (literally)
+		flags |= LOOKUP_LITERALLY;
 
 	if (get_sha1_with_context(obj_name, 0, sha1, &obj_context))
 		die("Not a valid object name %s", obj_name);
@@ -23,16 +30,24 @@ static int cat_one_file(int opt, const char *exp_type, const char *obj_name)
 	buf = NULL;
 	switch (opt) {
 	case 't':
-		type = sha1_object_info(sha1, NULL);
-		if (type > 0) {
-			printf("%s\n", typename(type));
+		oi.typep = &type;
+		oi.typename = &sb;
+		if (sha1_object_info_extended(sha1, &oi, flags) < 0)
+			die("git cat-file: could not get object info");
+		if (type >= 0 && sb.len) {
+			printf("%s\n", sb.buf);
+			strbuf_release(&sb);
 			return 0;
 		}
 		break;
 
 	case 's':
-		type = sha1_object_info(sha1, &size);
-		if (type > 0) {
+		oi.typep = &type;
+		oi.typename = &sb;
+		oi.sizep = &size;
+		if (sha1_object_info_extended(sha1, &oi, flags) < 0)
+			die("git cat-file: could not get object info");
+		if (type >= 0 && sb.len) {
 			printf("%lu\n", size);
 			return 0;
 		}
@@ -323,7 +338,7 @@ static int batch_objects(struct batch_options *opt)
 }
 
 static const char * const cat_file_usage[] = {
-	N_("git cat-file (-t | -s | -e | -p | <type> | --textconv) <object>"),
+	N_("git cat-file (-t [--literally]|-s [--literally]|-e|-p|<type>|--textconv) <object>"),
 	N_("git cat-file (--batch | --batch-check) < <list-of-objects>"),
 	NULL
 };
@@ -359,6 +374,7 @@ int cmd_cat_file(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	int opt = 0;
 	const char *exp_type = NULL, *obj_name = NULL;
 	struct batch_options batch = {0};
+	int literally = 0;
 
 	const struct option options[] = {
 		OPT_GROUP(N_("<type> can be one of: blob, tree, commit, tag")),
@@ -369,6 +385,8 @@ int cmd_cat_file(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		OPT_SET_INT('p', NULL, &opt, N_("pretty-print object's content"), 'p'),
 		OPT_SET_INT(0, "textconv", &opt,
 			    N_("for blob objects, run textconv on object's content"), 'c'),
+		OPT_BOOL( 0, "literally", &literally,
+			  N_("get information about corrupt objects for debugging Git")),
 		{ OPTION_CALLBACK, 0, "batch", &batch, "format",
 			N_("show info and content of objects fed from the standard input"),
 			PARSE_OPT_OPTARG, batch_option_callback },
@@ -380,7 +398,7 @@ int cmd_cat_file(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 
 	git_config(git_cat_file_config, NULL);
 
-	if (argc != 3 && argc != 2)
+	if (argc < 2 || argc > 4)
 		usage_with_options(cat_file_usage, options);
 
 	argc = parse_options(argc, argv, prefix, options, cat_file_usage, 0);
@@ -405,5 +423,7 @@ int cmd_cat_file(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	if (batch.enabled)
 		return batch_objects(&batch);
 
-	return cat_one_file(opt, exp_type, obj_name);
+	if (literally && opt != 't' && opt != 's')
+		die("git cat-file --literally: use with -s or -t");
+	return cat_one_file(opt, exp_type, obj_name, literally);
 }
-- 
2.4.0.rc1.249.g9f2ee54