GIT-HASH-OBJECT(1)GIT-HASH-OBJECT(1)NAMEgit-hash-object - Compute object ID and optionally creates a blob from
a file
SYNOPSIS
git hash-object [-t <type>] [-w] [--path=<file>|--no-filters] [--stdin] [--] <file>...
git hash-object [-t <type>] [-w] --stdin-paths [--no-filters] < <list-of-paths>
DESCRIPTION
Computes the object ID value for an object with specified type with the
contents of the named file (which can be outside of the work tree), and
optionally writes the resulting object into the object database.
Reports its object ID to its standard output. This is used by git
cvsimport to update the index without modifying files in the work tree.
When <type> is not specified, it defaults to "blob".
OPTIONS-t <type>
Specify the type (default: "blob").
-w Actually write the object into the object database.
--stdin
Read the object from standard input instead of from a file.
--stdin-paths
Read file names from stdin instead of from the command-line.
--path Hash object as it were located at the given path. The location
of file does not directly influence on the hash value, but path
is used to determine what git filters should be applied to the
object before it can be placed to the object database, and, as
result of applying filters, the actual blob put into the object
database may differ from the given file. This option is mainly
useful for hashing temporary files located outside of the work-
ing directory or files read from stdin.
--no-filters
Hash the contents as is, ignoring any input filter that would
have been chosen by the attributes mechanism, including the
end-of-line conversion. If the file is read from standard input
then this is always implied, unless the --path option is given.
AUTHOR
Written by Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com: mailto:gitster@pobox.com>
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GIT-HASH-OBJECT(1)GIT-HASH-OBJECT(1)DOCUMENTATION
Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list
<git@vger.kernel.org: mailto:git@vger.kernel.org>.
GIT
Part of the git(1) suite
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