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 <gits...@pobox.com>
Helped-by: Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco
Signed-off-by: Karthik Nayak <karthik....@gmail.com>
---
 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);
 }
-- 
2.3.1.172.g04a1281

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