hash-object.md

Command: hash-object

Usage

# Using ts-node
npx ts-node <path/to/git.ts> hash-object [options] [file]

# Using node
node <path/to/git.js> hash-object [options] [file]

Options

• -t <type>

  Type of object to be created, default: blob. Possible values: blob, commit, tree, tag.

• -w, --write

  Actually write the object into the object database.

• --stdin

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

• file

  File path in case stdin is not provided.

Description

This command computes the Object ID used in the Git storage system for the provided file/text. Optionally creates an object from a file.

Source doc - https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Git-Internals-Git-Objects : Object Storage section.