1git-hash-object(1) 2================== 3 4NAME 5---- 6git-hash-object - Compute object ID and optionally creates a blob from a file 7 8 9SYNOPSIS 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 15DESCRIPTION 16----------- 17Computes the object ID value for an object with specified type 18with the contents of the named file (which can be outside of the 19work tree), and optionally writes the resulting object into the 20object database. Reports its object ID to its standard output. 21When <type> is not specified, it defaults to "blob". 22 23OPTIONS 24------- 25 26-t <type>:: 27 Specify the type (default: "blob"). 28 29-w:: 30 Actually write the object into the object database. 31 32--stdin:: 33 Read the object from standard input instead of from a file. 34 35--stdin-paths:: 36 Read file names from the standard input, one per line, instead 37 of from the command-line. 38 39--path:: 40 Hash object as it were located at the given path. The location of 41 file does not directly influence on the hash value, but path is 42 used to determine what Git filters should be applied to the object 43 before it can be placed to the object database, and, as result of 44 applying filters, the actual blob put into the object database may 45 differ from the given file. This option is mainly useful for hashing 46 temporary files located outside of the working directory or files 47 read from stdin. 48 49--no-filters:: 50 Hash the contents as is, ignoring any input filter that would 51 have been chosen by the attributes mechanism, including the end-of-line 52 conversion. If the file is read from standard input then this 53 is always implied, unless the `--path` option is given. 54 55--literally:: 56 Allow `--stdin` to hash any garbage into a loose object which might not 57 otherwise pass standard object parsing or git-fsck checks. Useful for 58 stress-testing Git itself or reproducing characteristics of corrupt or 59 bogus objects encountered in the wild. 60 61GIT 62--- 63Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite