Michael J Gruber <git@drmicha.warpmail.net> writes:

quoted text
> Signed-off-by: Michael J Gruber <git@drmicha.warpmail.net>
> ---
> This formulation is based on my understanding that you can't cat-file
>  --textconv something in the index or worktree.

Actually, you can't textconv from the worktree, but you can from the
index, saying

git cat-file --textconv :path/to/file

(the :<path> syntax is not specific here, you can use it in other Git
commands)

quoted text
> +--textconv::
> +	Show the content as transformed by a textconv filter. In this case,
> +	<object> has be of the form <treeish:path>, with treeish defaulting to
> +	HEAD.

So the "defaulting to HEAD" is incorrect. Also, I prefer
<treeish>:<path> to <treeish:path>, to make it clear the : is actually
a :.

What about this:

--textconv:: 
	Show the content as transformed by a textconv filter. In this
	case, <object> has be of the form <treeish>:<path>, or :<path>
	to run the filter on the file <path> stored in the index.

-- 
Matthieu Moy
http://www-verimag.imag.fr/~moy/
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