Pure JavaScript git cat-file -p
for node.js
const {openLocalRepo} = require("git-cat-file");
async function catFile(revision, path) {
const repo = openLocalRepo("repository/.git");
const commit = await repo.getCommit(revision);
const file = await commit.getFile(path);
process.stdout.write(file.data);
}
catFile("HEAD", "path/to/file.txt");
Usage:
git-cat-file-js [-C path] [-t | -p] <object>
git-ls-tree-js [-C path] [<options>] <tree-ish> [<path>...]
git-rev-parse-js [-C path] <args>...
Bundled CLI commands are also available via the git
command.
npm install git-cat-file
export PATH=node_modules/.bin:$PATH
git cat-file-js [-t | -p] <object>
git ls-tree-js [<options>] <tree-ish> [<path>...]
git rev-parse-js <args>...