Re: [PATCH 2/4] cat-file: introduce the --filters option

["Torsten Bögershausen" <tboegi@web.de>]

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On Thu, Aug 18, 2016 at 02:46:17PM +0200, Johannes Schindelin wrote:

> diff --git a/Documentation/git-cat-file.txt b/Documentation/git-cat-file.txt
> index 071029b..7d48735 100644
> --- a/Documentation/git-cat-file.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/git-cat-file.txt
> @@ -9,15 +9,15 @@ git-cat-file - Provide content or type and size information for repository objec
>  SYNOPSIS
>  --------
>  [verse]
> -'git cat-file' (-t [--allow-unknown-type]| -s [--allow-unknown-type]| -e | -p | <type> | --textconv ) <object>
> +'git cat-file' (-t [--allow-unknown-type]| -s [--allow-unknown-type]| -e | -p | <type> | --textconv | --filters ) <object>
>  'git cat-file' (--batch | --batch-check) [--follow-symlinks]
>  
>  DESCRIPTION
>  -----------
>  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, or `--textconv` is used
> -(which implies type "blob").
> +object type, or `-s` is used to find the object size, or `--textconv` or
> +`--filters` is used (which imply type "blob").
>  
>  In the second form, a list of objects (separated by linefeeds) is provided on
>  stdin, and the SHA-1, type, and size of each object is printed on stdout.
> @@ -58,6 +58,12 @@ OPTIONS
>  	order to apply the filter to the content recorded in the index at
>  	<path>.
>  
> +--filters::
> +	Show the content as transformed by the filters configured in
Minor comment:
s/transformed/converted/ ?

Does it make sense to be more specific here:
The order of conversion is
- ident
- CRLF
- smudge