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Note: you should never need to run any of these commands directly. Their use should be restricted to learning only.
cat-file
: display contents of an object
# show object type
git cat-file -t <SHA>
# show object content
git cat-file -p <SHA>
# show the tree object associated with a revision
git cat-file -p main^{tree}
hash-object
# -w to write to object database
echo 'hello' | git hash-object -w --stdin
ls-tree
: list the tree contents for any given revision
git ls-tree <SHA> .
rev-parse
: see which SHA-1 a branch points to
write-tree
: write the contents of the index to a tree object
commit-tree
: create a commit object from a specified tree and a parent
git commit-tree