Merge branch 'js/merge'

[git.git] / Documentation / git-hash-object.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/git-hash-object.txt b/Documentation/git-hash-object.txt
index 9239f11135d849ff0411e9ebef21ed8b1c83afd6..616f196d81ca54595dc67f4846bace5880b9b90d 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-hash-object.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-hash-object.txt
@@ -3,12 +3,12 @@ git-hash-object(1)
 
 NAME
 ----
-git-hash-object - Computes object ID and optionally creates a blob from a file.
+git-hash-object - Compute object ID and optionally creates a blob from a file
 
 
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
-'git-hash-object' [-t <type>] [-w] <any-file-on-the-filesystem>
+'git-hash-object' [-t <type>] [-w] [--stdin] [--] <file>...
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
@@ -16,9 +16,9 @@ Computes the object ID value for an object with specified type
 with the contents of the named file (which can be outside of the
 work tree), and optionally writes the resulting object into the
 object database.  Reports its object ID to its standard output.
-This is used by "git-cvsimport" to update the cache
+This is used by "git-cvsimport" to update the index
 without modifying files in the work tree.  When <type> is not
-specified, it defaults to "blob". 
+specified, it defaults to "blob".
 
 OPTIONS
 -------
@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@ OPTIONS
 -w::
        Actually write the object into the object database.
 
+--stdin::
+       Read the object from standard input instead of from a file.
+
 Author
 ------
 Written by Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
@@ -40,4 +43,3 @@ Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel
 GIT
 ---
 Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite
-