git-lfs-pointer(1) -- Build and compare pointers
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## SYNOPSIS

`git lfs pointer --file=path/to/file`<br>
`git lfs pointer --file=path/to/file --pointer=path/to/pointer`<br>
`git lfs pointer --file=path/to/file --stdin`

## 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`.

## SEE ALSO

Part of the git-lfs(1) suite.