From 3af8f530974d2de85418a2d9c2764dd1d83780c3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alexander Neumann <alexander@bumpern.de>
Date: Sun, 28 Aug 2016 21:23:46 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Allow 'cat' for tree blobs

---
 src/cmds/restic/cmd_cat.go | 24 ++++++++++++++----------
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/cmds/restic/cmd_cat.go b/src/cmds/restic/cmd_cat.go
index f4e7eafec..959dfabd3 100644
--- a/src/cmds/restic/cmd_cat.go
+++ b/src/cmds/restic/cmd_cat.go
@@ -166,20 +166,24 @@ func (cmd CmdCat) Execute(args []string) error {
 		return err
 
 	case "blob":
-		list, err := repo.Index().Lookup(id, pack.Data)
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-		blob := list[0]
+		for _, t := range []pack.BlobType{pack.Data, pack.Tree} {
+			list, err := repo.Index().Lookup(id, t)
+			if err != nil {
+				continue
+			}
+			blob := list[0]
 
-		buf := make([]byte, blob.Length)
-		data, err := repo.LoadBlob(id, pack.Data, buf)
-		if err != nil {
+			buf := make([]byte, blob.Length)
+			data, err := repo.LoadBlob(id, t, buf)
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+
+			_, err = os.Stdout.Write(data)
 			return err
 		}
 
-		_, err = os.Stdout.Write(data)
-		return err
+		return errors.New("blob not found")
 
 	case "tree":
 		debug.Log("cat", "cat tree %v", id.Str())