debian man page for git-show-index

GIT-SHOW-INDEX(1)						    Git Manual							 GIT-SHOW-INDEX(1)

NAME
       git-show-index - Show packed archive index

SYNOPSIS
       git show-index < idx-file

DESCRIPTION
       Reads given idx file for packed git archive created with git pack-objects command, and dumps its contents.

       The information it outputs is subset of what you can get from git verify-pack -v; this command only shows the packfile offset and SHA1 of
       each object.

GIT
       Part of the git(1) suite

Git 1.7.10.4							    11/24/2012							 GIT-SHOW-INDEX(1)