GIT-HASH-OBJECT(1) Git Manual 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] [--] <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 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.
GIT
Part of the git(1) suite
Git 1.8.3.1 03/23/2016 GIT-HASH-OBJECT(1)
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