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1 | git-hash-object(1) |
2 | ================== | |
3 | v0.1, May 2005 | |
4 | ||
5 | NAME | |
6 | ---- | |
7 | git-hash-object - Computes object ID and optionally creates a blob from a file. | |
8 | ||
9 | ||
10 | SYNOPSIS | |
11 | -------- | |
12 | 'git-hash-object' [-t <type>] [-w] <any-file-on-the-filesystem> | |
13 | ||
14 | DESCRIPTION | |
15 | ----------- | |
16 | Computes the object ID value for an object with specified type | |
17 | with the contents of the named file (which can be outside of the | |
18 | work tree), and optionally writes the resulting object into the | |
19 | object database. Reports its object ID to its standard output. | |
215a7ad1 | 20 | This is used by "git-cvsimport" to update the cache |
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21 | without modifying files in the work tree. When <type> is not |
22 | specified, it defaults to "blob". | |
23 | ||
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24 | OPTIONS |
25 | ------- | |
26 | ||
27 | -t <type>:: | |
28 | Specify the type (default: "blob"). | |
29 | ||
30 | -w:: | |
31 | Actually write the object into the object database. | |
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32 | |
33 | Author | |
34 | ------ | |
35 | Written by Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> | |
36 | ||
37 | Documentation | |
38 | -------------- | |
39 | Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>. | |
40 | ||
41 | GIT | |
42 | --- | |
43 | Part of the link:git.html[git] suite | |
44 |