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+git-hash-object(1)
+==================
+
+NAME
+----
+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] --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 linkgit:git[1] suite