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'git hash-object' [-t <type>] [-w] [--stdin | --stdin-paths] [--] <file>... 12 13DESCRIPTION 14----------- 15Computes the object ID value for an object with specified type 16with the contents of the named file (which can be outside of the 17work tree), and optionally writes the resulting object into the 18object database. Reports its object ID to its standard output. 19This is used by 'git-cvsimport' to update the index 20without modifying files in the work tree. When <type> is not 21specified, 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 stdin instead of from the command-line. 37 38Author 39------ 40Written by Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> 41 42Documentation 43-------------- 44Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>. 45 46GIT 47--- 48Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite