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git hash-object -w path/to/fileGit Internals and Plumbing
Low-level Git objects, refs, trees, index, commit creation, and packfile plumbing for advanced users and debugging.
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Objects and Content Plumbing
Inspect commits, trees, blobs, and object metadata.
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printf "hello
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git cat-file -t <object_sha>bashANYplumbingobjects
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git cat-file -s <object_sha>bashANYplumbingobjects
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git cat-file -p <object_sha>bashANYplumbingobjectsstorage
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git count-objects -vHTrees and Index Plumbing
Index manipulation and tree construction commands.
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git ls-filesbashANYplumbingindex
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git ls-files --stagebashANYplumbingindexperformance
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git update-index --assume-unchanged path/to/filebashANYplumbingindexsparse
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git update-index --skip-worktree path/to/filebashANYplumbingtree
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git write-treebashANYplumbingtreeindex
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git read-tree HEADRefs and Symbolic Refs
Inspect and mutate refs directly.
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git show-refbashANYplumbingrefs
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git for-each-ref --format='%(refname:short) %(objectname:short)' refs/headsbashANYplumbingrefs
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git update-ref refs/heads/tmp <commit_sha>bashANYplumbingrefssymbolic-ref
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git symbolic-ref HEADbashANYplumbingrefsstorage
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git pack-refs --all --pruneCommit and History Plumbing
Low-level commit creation and enumeration.
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echo "commit message" | git commit-tree <tree_sha> -p <parent_sha>bashANYplumbinghistory
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git rev-list HEADbashANYplumbinghistoryobjects
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git rev-list --objects HEADbashANYplumbingdiff
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git diff-tree --stat HEAD~1 HEADbashANYplumbingrevision
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git rev-parse --verify HEAD^{commit}Transfer and Packfile Plumbing
Low-level network and pack operations often seen in advanced debugging.
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git index-pack pack-123.packbashANYplumbingpackfile
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git verify-pack -v .git/objects/pack/pack-123.idxbashANYplumbingpackfile
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printf "%s
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