git-write-blob(1) Manual Page
NAME
git - write-blob - Creates a blob from a file
SYNOPSIS
git-write-blob <any-file-on-the-filesystem>
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.
Author
Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
Documentation
Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
GIT
Part of the git(7) suite