git/Documentation/git-show-index.txt
Jeff King fb3010c31f show-index: update documentation for index v2
Commit 32637cdf4a (show-index.c: learn about index v2,
2007-04-09) changed the output format of show-index to
include the object CRC32 but didn't update the
documentation. Let's fix that and generally describe the
output in more detail.

There are a few other fixes here while we're rewording:

 - refer to index-pack along with pack-objects, since either
   can create .idx files

 - use "linkgit:" for referring to other commands

 - expand the bit about verify-pack, giving reasons why you
   might want this command instead. I almost omitted this
   entirely, but referring to verify-pack might help a
   reader who is looking for more information.

Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2018-05-29 00:28:22 +09:00

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git-show-index(1)
=================
NAME
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git-show-index - Show packed archive index
SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
'git show-index'
DESCRIPTION
-----------
Read the `.idx` file for a Git packfile (created with
linkgit:git-pack-objects[1] or linkgit:git-index-pack[1]) from the
standard input, and dump its contents. The output consists of one object
per line, with each line containing two or three space-separated
columns:
- the first column is the offset in bytes of the object within the
corresponding packfile
- the second column is the object id of the object
- if the index version is 2 or higher, the third column contains the
CRC32 of the object data
The objects are output in the order in which they are found in the index
file, which should be (in a correctly constructed file) sorted by object
id.
Note that you can get more information on a packfile by calling
linkgit:git-verify-pack[1]. However, as this command considers only the
index file itself, it's both faster and more flexible.
GIT
---
Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite