git-hash-object

TLDR

Compute object hash

$ git hash-object [file]

Compute and store object

$ git hash-object -w [file]

Hash from stdin

$ echo "[content]" | git hash-object --stdin

Specify object type

$ git hash-object -t [blob] [file]

git hash-object [options] [file...]

git hash-object computes the object ID and optionally creates a blob from a file. A low-level command for interacting with the object database.

-w

Write object to database.

--stdin

Read from stdin.

-t type

Object type (blob, commit, tree, tag).

--path path

Hash as if at path.

--no-filters

Don't apply filters.