| git-write-blob(1) |
| ================= |
| v0.1, May 2005 |
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| NAME |
| ---- |
| git-write-blob - Creates a blob from a file |
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| SYNOPSIS |
| -------- |
| 'git-write-blob' <any-file-on-the-filesystem> |
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| DESCRIPTION |
| ----------- |
| Writes the contents of the named file (which can be outside of the work |
| tree) as a blob into the object database, and reports its object ID to its |
| standard output. This is used by "git-merge-one-file-script" to update the |
| cache without modifying files in the work tree. |
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| Author |
| ------ |
| Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> |
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| Documentation |
| -------------- |
| Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>. |
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| GIT |
| --- |
| Part of the link:git.html[git] suite |
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