Documentation/git-hash-object.txt

   1 git-hash-object(1)
   2 ==================
   3
   4 NAME
   5 ----
   6 git-hash-object - Compute object ID and optionally creates a blob from a file
   7
   8
   9 SYNOPSIS
  10 --------
  11 [verse]
  12 'git hash-object' [-t <type>] [-w] [--path=<file>|--no-filters] [--stdin [--literally]] [--] <file>...
  13 'git hash-object' [-t <type>] [-w] --stdin-paths [--no-filters]
  14
  15 DESCRIPTION
  16 -----------
  17 Computes the object ID value for an object with specified type
  18 with the contents of the named file (which can be outside of the
  19 work tree), and optionally writes the resulting object into the
  20 object database.  Reports its object ID to its standard output.
  21 This is used by 'git cvsimport' to update the index
  22 without modifying files in the work tree.  When <type> is not
  23 specified, it defaults to "blob".
  24
  25 OPTIONS
  26 -------
  27
  28 -t <type>::
  29         Specify the type (default: "blob").
  30
  31 -w::
  32         Actually write the object into the object database.
  33
  34 --stdin::
  35         Read the object from standard input instead of from a file.
  36
  37 --stdin-paths::
  38         Read file names from the standard input, one per line, instead
  39         of from the command-line.
  40
  41 --path::
  42         Hash object as it were located at the given path. The location of
  43         file does not directly influence on the hash value, but path is
  44         used to determine what Git filters should be applied to the object
  45         before it can be placed to the object database, and, as result of
  46         applying filters, the actual blob put into the object database may
  47         differ from the given file. This option is mainly useful for hashing
  48         temporary files located outside of the working directory or files
  49         read from stdin.
  50
  51 --no-filters::
  52         Hash the contents as is, ignoring any input filter that would
  53         have been chosen by the attributes mechanism, including the end-of-line
  54         conversion. If the file is read from standard input then this
  55         is always implied, unless the `--path` option is given.
  56
  57 --literally::
  58         Allow `--stdin` to hash any garbage into a loose object which might not
  59         otherwise pass standard object parsing or git-fsck checks. Useful for
  60         stress-testing Git itself or reproducing characteristics of corrupt or
  61         bogus objects encountered in the wild.
  62
  63 GIT
  64 ---
  65 Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite