Document the git-hash-object --literally option added by 5ba9a93 (hash-object: add --literally option, 2014-09-11). While here, also correct a minor typesetting oversight. Signed-off-by: Eric Sunshine <sunshine@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- I used Junio's commit message from 5ba9a93 as the basis of the documentation for --literally and then expanded upon it. Documentation/git-hash-object.txt | 10 ++++++++-- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/git-hash-object.txt b/Documentation/git-hash-object.txt index 02c1f12..0c75f3b 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-hash-object.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-hash-object.txt @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ git-hash-object - Compute object ID and optionally creates a blob from a file SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] -'git hash-object' [-t <type>] [-w] [--path=<file>|--no-filters] [--stdin] [--] <file>... +'git hash-object' [-t <type>] [-w] [--path=<file>|--no-filters] [--stdin [--literally]] [--] <file>... 'git hash-object' [-t <type>] [-w] --stdin-paths [--no-filters] < <list-of-paths> DESCRIPTION @@ -51,7 +51,13 @@ OPTIONS 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. + 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 --- -- 2.4.0.319.g7a04823 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html