debian man page for git-hash-object

GIT-HASH-OBJECT(1)						    Git Manual							GIT-HASH-OBJECT(1)

NAME
       git-hash-object - Compute object ID and optionally creates a blob from a file

SYNOPSIS
       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>

DESCRIPTION
       Computes the object ID value for an object with specified type 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".

OPTIONS
       -t <type>
	   Specify the type (default: "blob").

       -w
	   Actually write the object into the object database.

       --stdin
	   Read the object from standard input instead of from a file.

       --stdin-paths
	   Read file names from stdin instead of from the command-line.

       --path
	   Hash object as it were located at the given path. The location of file does not directly influence on the hash value, but path is used
	   to determine what git filters should be applied to the object before it can be placed to the object database, and, as result of
	   applying filters, the actual blob put into the object database may differ from the given file. This option is mainly useful for hashing
	   temporary files located outside of the working directory or files read from stdin.

       --no-filters
	   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.

GIT
       Part of the git(1) suite

Git 1.7.10.4							    11/24/2012							GIT-HASH-OBJECT(1)