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diff --git a/Documentation/git-hash-object.txt b/Documentation/git-hash-object.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..9e654fc41c --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/git-hash-object.txt @@ -0,0 +1,48 @@ +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] [--stdin | --stdin-paths] [--] <file>... + +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. + +Author +------ +Written by Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> + +Documentation +-------------- +Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>. + +GIT +--- +Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite |