1 files changed, 16 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/gitlab/v4/objects/files.py b/gitlab/v4/objects/files.py
index aa86704..2fd79fd 100644
--- a/gitlab/v4/objects/files.py
+++ b/gitlab/v4/objects/files.py
@@ -1,5 +1,15 @@
 import base64
-from typing import Any, Callable, cast, Dict, List, Optional, TYPE_CHECKING
+from typing import (
+    Any,
+    Callable,
+    cast,
+    Dict,
+    Iterator,
+    List,
+    Optional,
+    TYPE_CHECKING,
+    Union,
+)
 
 import requests
 
@@ -220,10 +230,11 @@ class ProjectFileManager(GetMixin, CreateMixin, UpdateMixin, DeleteMixin, RESTMa
         file_path: str,
         ref: str,
         streamed: bool = False,
+        iterator: bool = False,
         action: Optional[Callable[..., Any]] = None,
         chunk_size: int = 1024,
         **kwargs: Any,
-    ) -> Optional[bytes]:
+    ) -> Optional[Union[bytes, Iterator[Any]]]:
         """Return the content of a file for a commit.
 
         Args:
@@ -232,6 +243,8 @@ class ProjectFileManager(GetMixin, CreateMixin, UpdateMixin, DeleteMixin, RESTMa
             streamed: If True the data will be processed by chunks of
                 `chunk_size` and each chunk is passed to `action` for
                 treatment
+            iterator: If True directly return the underlying response
+                iterator
             action: Callable responsible of dealing with chunk of
                 data
             chunk_size: Size of each chunk
@@ -252,7 +265,7 @@ class ProjectFileManager(GetMixin, CreateMixin, UpdateMixin, DeleteMixin, RESTMa
         )
         if TYPE_CHECKING:
             assert isinstance(result, requests.Response)
-        return utils.response_content(result, streamed, action, chunk_size)
+        return utils.response_content(result, streamed, iterator, action, chunk_size)
 
     @cli.register_custom_action("ProjectFileManager", ("file_path", "ref"))
     @exc.on_http_error(exc.GitlabListError)