From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.180.0/23 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-5.6 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI, RCVD_IN_SORBS_SPAM,RP_MATCHES_RCVD shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id BDFA220756 for ; Wed, 11 Jan 2017 00:11:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1758878AbdAKALn (ORCPT ); Tue, 10 Jan 2017 19:11:43 -0500 Received: from sub3.mail.dreamhost.com ([69.163.253.7]:59778 "EHLO homiemail-a76.g.dreamhost.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1758807AbdAKALm (ORCPT ); Tue, 10 Jan 2017 19:11:42 -0500 Received: from homiemail-a76.g.dreamhost.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by homiemail-a76.g.dreamhost.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1F8D4458083 for ; Tue, 10 Jan 2017 16:11:42 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=novalis.org; h=message-id :subject:from:to:date:content-type:mime-version: content-transfer-encoding; s=novalis.org; bh=ZB9mJCrdJxyFEkzo5xr v120KQeQ=; b=bzD7I1TU39R5yGQx+GuAqjE72kpcPwyl/fEMHssF1890lIo3tag CnyWT43GyotGlcUaWVxxBP9nFmJ7COnA/MAW/1kZhxYuDlfZLUpQMCmEdTG2j2js 9uq7kn7UEZ8rxbxvF6ZOvEaI6/pQ7QUcCa5RhTVO37PJ1m+juStD2U5M= Received: from [172.31.11.72] (gzac10-107-1.nje.twosigma.com [208.77.214.155]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: novalis@novalis.org) by homiemail-a76.g.dreamhost.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id D2509458081 for ; Tue, 10 Jan 2017 16:11:41 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <1484093500.17967.6.camel@frank> Subject: git cat-file on a submodule From: David Turner To: git@vger.kernel.org Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2017 19:11:40 -0500 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Mailer: Evolution 3.10.4-0ubuntu2 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Why does git cat-file -t $sha:foo, where foo is a submodule, not work? git rev-parse $sha:foo works. By "why", I mean "would anyone complain if I fixed it?" FWIW, I think -p should just return the submodule's sha.