# git-show-index(1) Manual Page

## NAME

git-show-index - Show packed archive index

## SYNOPSIS

    git show-index < idx-file

## DESCRIPTION

Reads given idx file for packed git archive created with git pack-objects command, and dumps its contents.

The information it outputs is subset of what you can get from git verify-pack -v; this command only shows the packfile offset and SHA1 of each object.

## GIT

Part of the git(1) suite