6 git-hash-object - Compute object ID and optionally creates a blob from a file
12 'git hash-object' [-t <type>] [-w] [--path=<file> | --no-filters]
13 [--stdin [--literally]] [--] <file>...
14 'git hash-object' [-t <type>] [-w] --stdin-paths [--no-filters]
18 Computes the object ID value for an object with specified type
19 with the contents of the named file (which can be outside of the
20 work tree), and optionally writes the resulting object into the
21 object database. Reports its object ID to its standard output.
22 When <type> is not specified, it defaults to "blob".
28 Specify the type (default: "blob").
31 Actually write the object into the object database.
34 Read the object from standard input instead of from a file.
37 Read file names from the standard input, one per line, instead
38 of from the command-line.
41 Hash object as it were located at the given path. The location of
42 file does not directly influence on the hash value, but path is
43 used to determine what Git filters should be applied to the object
44 before it can be placed to the object database, and, as result of
45 applying filters, the actual blob put into the object database may
46 differ from the given file. This option is mainly useful for hashing
47 temporary files located outside of the working directory or files
51 Hash the contents as is, ignoring any input filter that would
52 have been chosen by the attributes mechanism, including the end-of-line
53 conversion. If the file is read from standard input then this
54 is always implied, unless the `--path` option is given.
57 Allow `--stdin` to hash any garbage into a loose object which might not
58 otherwise pass standard object parsing or git-fsck checks. Useful for
59 stress-testing Git itself or reproducing characteristics of corrupt or
60 bogus objects encountered in the wild.
64 Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite