Manual: git-hash-object

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NAME
       git-hash-object - Compute object ID and optionally create an object from a file

SYNOPSIS
       git hash-object [-t ] [-w] [--path= | --no-filters]
		       [--stdin [--literally]] [--] ...
       git hash-object [-t ] [-w] --stdin-paths [--no-filters]

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. When  is not specified, it defaults to
       "blob".

OPTIONS
       -t 
	   Specify the type of object to be created (default: "blob"). Possible values are commit, tree,
	   blob, and tag.

       -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 the standard input, one per line, instead of from the command-line.

       --path
	   Hash object as if it were located at the given path. The location of the file does not directly
	   influence the hash value, but the path is used to determine which Git filters should be applied
	   to the object before it can be placed in the object database. As a 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.

       --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
       Part of the git(1) suite

Git 2.53.0					 03/02/2026				  GIT-HASH-OBJECT(1)