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1git-show-index(1)
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4NAME
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6git-show-index - Show packed archive index
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9SYNOPSIS
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7791a1d9 11[verse]
33e8fc87 12'git show-index'
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15DESCRIPTION
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17Read the `.idx` file for a Git packfile (created with
18linkgit:git-pack-objects[1] or linkgit:git-index-pack[1]) from the
19standard input, and dump its contents. The output consists of one object
20per line, with each line containing two or three space-separated
21columns:
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23 - the first column is the offset in bytes of the object within the
24 corresponding packfile
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26 - the second column is the object id of the object
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28 - if the index version is 2 or higher, the third column contains the
29 CRC32 of the object data
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31The objects are output in the order in which they are found in the index
32file, which should be (in a correctly constructed file) sorted by object
33id.
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35Note that you can get more information on a packfile by calling
36linkgit:git-verify-pack[1]. However, as this command considers only the
37index file itself, it's both faster and more flexible.
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39GIT
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9e1f0a85 41Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite