tag.c: implement '--format' option

diff --git a/Documentation/git-hash-object.txt b/Documentation/git-hash-object.txt
index 02c1f126855b24dec121fb49bf920ad14af0b0b8..0c75f3b610678d9a6811ac73d208cabd706b2276 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-hash-object.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-hash-object.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ git-hash-object - Compute object ID and optionally creates a blob from a file
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
 [verse]
-'git hash-object' [-t <type>] [-w] [--path=<file>|--no-filters] [--stdin] [--] <file>...
+'git hash-object' [-t <type>] [-w] [--path=<file>|--no-filters] [--stdin [--literally]] [--] <file>...
 'git hash-object' [-t <type>] [-w] --stdin-paths [--no-filters] < <list-of-paths>
 
 DESCRIPTION
@@ -51,7 +51,13 @@ OPTIONS
        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
 ---