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Build a tree object using `ls-tree` formatted text.

Build a tree object and verify that each tree entry's hash identifies an existing object
git mktree
Allow missing objects
git mktree --missing
Read the NUL (zero character) terminated output of the tree object (`git ls-tree -z`)
git mktree -z
Allow the creation of multiple tree objects
git mktree --batch
Sort and build a tree from `stdin` (non-recursive `git ls-tree` output format is required)
git < {{path/to/tree.txt}} mktree

GIT-MKTREE(1)                                Git Manual                                GIT-MKTREE(1)



NAME
       git-mktree - Build a tree-object from ls-tree formatted text

SYNOPSIS
       git mktree [-z] [--missing] [--batch]


DESCRIPTION
       Reads standard input in non-recursive ls-tree output format, and creates a tree object. The
       order of the tree entries is normalized by mktree so pre-sorting the input is not required.
       The object name of the tree object built is written to the standard output.

OPTIONS
       -z
           Read the NUL-terminated ls-tree -z output instead.

       --missing
           Allow missing objects. The default behaviour (without this option) is to verify that each
           tree entry’s sha1 identifies an existing object. This option has no effect on the
           treatment of gitlink entries (aka "submodules") which are always allowed to be missing.

       --batch
           Allow building of more than one tree object before exiting. Each tree is separated by as
           single blank line. The final new-line is optional. Note - if the -z option is used, lines
           are terminated with NUL.

GIT
       Part of the git(1) suite



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