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[v2,2/2] git-cat-file.txt: remove references to "sha1"

Message ID 1b57fdad9767a3b63c359e1663e5a045b4964320.1614763281.git.liu.denton@gmail.com (mailing list archive)
State Accepted
Commit f4519607087dc4d4bb5a5b3629144f2a164b00ac
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Series git-cat-file.txt: doc cleanup | expand

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Denton Liu March 3, 2021, 9:21 a.m. UTC 
As part of the hash-transition, git can operate on more than just SHA-1
repositories. Replace "sha1"-specific documentation with hash-agnostic
terminology.

Signed-off-by: Denton Liu <liu.denton@gmail.com>
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 Documentation/git-cat-file.txt | 11 ++++++-----
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
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diff --git a/Documentation/git-cat-file.txt b/Documentation/git-cat-file.txt
index a1c37a9e81..4eb0421b3f 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-cat-file.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-cat-file.txt
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@  object, with placeholders of the form `%(atom)` expanded, followed by a
 newline. The available atoms are:
 
 `objectname`::
-	The 40-hex object name of the object.
+	The full hex representation of the object name.
 
 `objecttype`::
 	The type of the object (the same as `cat-file -t` reports).
@@ -215,8 +215,9 @@  newline. The available atoms are:
 
 `deltabase`::
 	If the object is stored as a delta on-disk, this expands to the
-	40-hex sha1 of the delta base object. Otherwise, expands to the
-	null sha1 (40 zeroes). See `CAVEATS` below.
+	full hex representation of the delta base object name.
+	Otherwise, expands to the null OID (all zeroes). See `CAVEATS`
+	below.
 
 `rest`::
 	If this atom is used in the output string, input lines are split
@@ -235,14 +236,14 @@  newline.
 For example, `--batch` without a custom format would produce:
 
 ------------
-<sha1> SP <type> SP <size> LF
+<oid> SP <type> SP <size> LF
 <contents> LF
 ------------
 
 Whereas `--batch-check='%(objectname) %(objecttype)'` would produce:
 
 ------------
-<sha1> SP <type> LF
+<oid> SP <type> LF
 ------------
 
 If a name is specified on stdin that cannot be resolved to an object in