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.

SEE ALSO

       Part of the git-lfs(1) suite.

                                             May 2023                          GIT-LFS-POINTER(1)