Yubin Ruan <ablacktsh...@gmail.com> writes: >>> IOW, if you have the contents of the blob whose object name is >>> f8886b4, by applying this patch, you will get a blob whose object >>> name is a1c96df. >>> >>> The information is used by "git am -3" when the patch does not apply >>> cleanly to fall back to the 3-way merge. >> >> The ability to 'git describe` those blob object IDs is currently the subject >> of a patch series >> https://public-inbox.org/git/20171031211852.13001-1-sbel...@google.com/ >> >> Maybe see if would have helped ;-) > > What would be other use case of the blob object / blob name ?
Perhaps start from "git cat-file blob $name". And follow the path your imagination leads you to ;-)
