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   1git-show-index(1)
   2=================
   3
   4NAME
   5----
   6git-show-index - Show packed archive index
   7
   8
   9SYNOPSIS
  10--------
  11[verse]
  12'git show-index'
  13
  14
  15DESCRIPTION
  16-----------
  17Read the `.idx` file for a Git packfile (created with
  18linkgit:git-pack-objects[1] or linkgit:git-index-pack[1]) from the
  19standard input, and dump its contents. The output consists of one object
  20per line, with each line containing two or three space-separated
  21columns:
  22
  23  - the first column is the offset in bytes of the object within the
  24    corresponding packfile
  25
  26  - the second column is the object id of the object
  27
  28  - if the index version is 2 or higher, the third column contains the
  29    CRC32 of the object data
  30
  31The objects are output in the order in which they are found in the index
  32file, which should be (in a correctly constructed file) sorted by object
  33id.
  34
  35Note that you can get more information on a packfile by calling
  36linkgit:git-verify-pack[1]. However, as this command considers only the
  37index file itself, it's both faster and more flexible.
  38
  39GIT
  40---
  41Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite