git-hash-object(1)

NAME

   git-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 [--literally]] [--] <file>...
   git hash-object [-t <type>] [-w] --stdin-paths [--no-filters]

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 the standard input, one per line, 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 working 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.

   --literally
       Allow --stdin to hash any garbage into a loose object which might
       not otherwise pass standard object parsing or git-fsck checks.
       Useful for stress-testing Git itself or reproducing characteristics
       of corrupt or bogus objects encountered in the wild.

GIT

   Part of the git(1) suite

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