SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
-'git hash-object' [-t <type>] [-w] [--path=<file>|--no-filters] [--stdin] [--] <file>...
-'git hash-object' [-t <type>] [-w] --stdin-paths [--no-filters] < <list-of-paths>
+'git hash-object' [-t <type>] [-w] [--path=<file>|--no-filters] [--stdin [--literally]] [--] <file>...
+'git hash-object' [-t <type>] [-w] --stdin-paths [--no-filters]
DESCRIPTION
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with the contents of the named file (which can be outside of the
work tree), and optionally writes the resulting object into the
object database. Reports its object ID to its standard output.
-This is used by 'git cvsimport' to update the index
-without modifying files in the work tree. When <type> is not
-specified, it defaults to "blob".
+When <type> is not specified, it defaults to "blob".
OPTIONS
-------
Read the object from standard input instead of from a file.
--stdin-paths::
- Read file names from stdin instead of from the command-line.
+ Read file names from the standard input, one per line, instead
+ of from the command-line.
--path::
Hash object as it were located at the given path. The location of
Hash the contents as is, ignoring any input filter that would
have been chosen by the attributes mechanism, including the end-of-line
conversion. If the file is read from standard input then this
- is always implied, unless the --path option is given.
+ is always implied, unless the `--path` option is given.
+
+--literally::
+ Allow `--stdin` to hash any garbage into a loose object which might not
+ otherwise pass standard object parsing or git-fsck checks. Useful for
+ stress-testing Git itself or reproducing characteristics of corrupt or
+ bogus objects encountered in the wild.
GIT
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