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] [--] <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 35Author 36------ 37Written by Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> 38 39Documentation 40-------------- 41Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>. 42 43GIT 44--- 45Part of the linkgit:git[7] suite