git-rest

git-rest

#!/bin/sh

case "$1" in
    put)
        hash=`git hash-object -w --stdin`
        if [ -z $2 ]; then
            echo $hash
        else
            git tag $2 $hash
        fi
        ;;
    get)
        if [ -z $2 ]; then
            echo "Missing tagname argument!"
            exit 111
        fi
        git cat-file blob $2
        ;;
    delete)
        if [ -z $2 ]; then
            echo "Missing object name argument!"
            exit 111
        fi
        git tag -d $2
        ;;
    *)
        echo "usage: git rest [put|get|delete] tagname"
        ;;
esac

This is for creating, reading, and destroying arbitrary objects (blobs) in the git filesystem. These objects are not part of any branch or "working tree".

Example:

% echo hello | git rest put greeting
% git rest get greeting
hello
% git rest delete greeting
% git rest get greeting
fatal: Not a valid object name greeting