Section 1 · User commands

git-lfs-pointer.1

Package: git-lfs

GIT−LFS−POINTER

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
OPTIONS
SEE ALSO

NAME

git-lfs-pointer − Build, compare, and check pointers

SYNOPSIS

git lfs pointer −−file=path/to/file
git lfs pointer −−file=path/to/file −−pointer=path/to/pointer
git lfs pointer −−file=path/to/file −−stdin
git lfs pointer −−check −−file=path/to/file

DESCRIPTION

Builds and optionally compares generated pointer files to ensure consistency between different Git LFS implementations.

OPTIONS

−−file

A local file to build the pointer from.

−−pointer

A local file including the contents of a pointer generated from another implementation. This is compared to the pointer generated from −−file.

−−stdin

Reads the pointer from STDIN to compare with the pointer generated from −−file.

−−check

Reads the pointer from STDIN (if −−stdin is given) or the filepath (if −−file) is given. If neither or both of −−stdin and −−file are given, the invocation is invalid. Exits 0 if the data read is a valid Git LFS pointer. Exits 1 otherwise.

−−strict, −−no−strict

In conjunction with −−check, −−strict verifies that the pointer is canonical; that is, it would be the one created by Git LFS. If it is not, exits 2. The default, for backwards compatibility, is −−no−strict, but this may change in a future version.