--- a/rust/hg-core/src/operations/cat.rs	Mon Sep 13 13:45:10 2021 +0200
+++ b/rust/hg-core/src/operations/cat.rs	Mon Sep 13 15:42:39 2021 +0200
@@ -5,15 +5,11 @@
 // This software may be used and distributed according to the terms of the
 // GNU General Public License version 2 or any later version.
 
-use std::path::PathBuf;
-
 use crate::repo::Repo;
-use crate::revlog::path_encode::path_encode;
-use crate::revlog::revlog::Revlog;
 use crate::revlog::revlog::RevlogError;
 use crate::revlog::Node;
-use crate::utils::files::get_path_from_bytes;
-use crate::utils::hg_path::{HgPath, HgPathBuf};
+
+use crate::utils::hg_path::HgPathBuf;
 
 pub struct CatOutput {
     /// Whether any file in the manifest matched the paths given as CLI
@@ -27,8 +23,6 @@
     pub node: Node,
 }
 
-const METADATA_DELIMITER: [u8; 2] = [b'\x01', b'\n'];
-
 /// Output the given revision of files
 ///
 /// * `root`: Repository root
@@ -54,26 +48,10 @@
             if cat_file.as_bytes() == manifest_file.as_bytes() {
                 *is_matched = true;
                 found_any = true;
-                let index_path = store_path(manifest_file, b".i");
-                let data_path = store_path(manifest_file, b".d");
-
-                let file_log =
-                    Revlog::open(repo, &index_path, Some(&data_path))?;
+                let file_log = repo.filelog(manifest_file)?;
                 let file_node = Node::from_hex_for_repo(node_bytes)?;
-                let file_rev = file_log.get_node_rev(file_node.into())?;
-                let data = file_log.get_rev_data(file_rev)?;
-                if data.starts_with(&METADATA_DELIMITER) {
-                    let end_delimiter_position = data
-                        [METADATA_DELIMITER.len()..]
-                        .windows(METADATA_DELIMITER.len())
-                        .position(|bytes| bytes == METADATA_DELIMITER);
-                    if let Some(position) = end_delimiter_position {
-                        let offset = METADATA_DELIMITER.len() * 2;
-                        bytes.extend(data[position + offset..].iter());
-                    }
-                } else {
-                    bytes.extend(data);
-                }
+                let entry = file_log.get_node(file_node)?;
+                bytes.extend(entry.data()?)
             }
         }
     }
@@ -91,9 +69,3 @@
         node,
     })
 }
-
-fn store_path(hg_path: &HgPath, suffix: &[u8]) -> PathBuf {
-    let encoded_bytes =
-        path_encode(&[b"data/", hg_path.as_bytes(), suffix].concat());
-    get_path_from_bytes(&encoded_bytes).into()
-}