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

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

SYNOPSIS
       git hash-object [-t <type>] [-w] [--path=<file> | --no-filters]
		       [--stdin [--literally]] [--] <file>...
       git hash-object [-t <type>] [-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 <type> is not
       specified, it defaults to "blob".

OPTIONS
       -t <type>
	   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 2.51.0			  2025-08-17		    GIT-HASH-OBJECT(1)