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.

                                            2022-12-01                         GIT-LFS-POINTER(1)