GIT-LFS-POINTER(1)                                          GIT-LFS-POINTER(1)

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.

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