sha1_file: be paranoid when creating loose objects

[git.git] / Documentation / git-cat-file.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/git-cat-file.txt b/Documentation/git-cat-file.txt
index 668f697c2a03c29f589e249de832ddf01b9b1e6d..58c8d65772af4ef20ad573af9dd28691f5357437 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-cat-file.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-cat-file.txt
@@ -3,30 +3,30 @@ git-cat-file(1)
 
 NAME
 ----
-git-cat-file - Provide content or type/size information for repository objects
+git-cat-file - Provide content or type and size information for repository objects
 
 
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
 [verse]
-'git cat-file' [-t | -s | -e | -p | <type>] <object>
-'git cat-file' [--batch | --batch-check] < <list-of-objects>
+'git cat-file' (-t | -s | -e | -p | <type>) <object>
+'git cat-file' (--batch | --batch-check) < <list-of-objects>
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
-In the first form, provides content or type of objects in the repository. The
-type is required unless '-t' or '-p' is used to find the object type, or '-s'
-is used to find the object size.
+In its first form, the command provides the content or the type of an object in
+the repository. The type is required unless '-t' or '-p' is used to find the
+object type, or '-s' is used to find the object size.
 
-In the second form, a list of object (separated by LFs) is provided on stdin,
-and the SHA1, type, and size of each object is printed on stdout.
+In the second form, a list of objects (separated by linefeeds) is provided on
+stdin, and the SHA1, type, and size of each object is printed on stdout.
 
 OPTIONS
 -------
 <object>::
        The name of the object to show.
        For a more complete list of ways to spell object names, see
-       "SPECIFYING REVISIONS" section in linkgit:git-rev-parse[1].
+       the "SPECIFYING REVISIONS" section in linkgit:git-rev-parse[1].
 
 -t::
        Instead of the content, show the object type identified by
@@ -56,8 +56,8 @@ OPTIONS
        stdin. May not be combined with any other options or arguments.
 
 --batch-check::
-       Print the SHA1, type, and size of each object provided on stdin. May not be
-       combined with any other options or arguments.
+       Print the SHA1, type, and size of each object provided on stdin. May not
+       be combined with any other options or arguments.
 
 OUTPUT
 ------