The Object File

Let's take a look at what's inside this suspicious commit object file.

Assignment

Try to cat the contents of the commit object file, the file you used to answer the previous lesson (which will interpret the contents as text).

cat path/to/file/from-before

Nope... it's a mess. The contents have been compressed to raw bytes!

Try again with the xxd command to print the contents of the file in hexadecimal format:

xxd path/to/file/from-before

You may need to install xxd.

Do that again, but redirect the output to a temporary file so the tests can read it:

xxd path/to/file/from-before > /tmp/commit_object_hex.txt

Run and submit the CLI tests.

The Boot.dev CLI requires you to be signed in to submit your solution!

Copy/paste one of the following commands into your terminal:

Run

bootdev run 4efdf7b5-dd51-40ea-99e3-4e221e24bd0f

Submit

bootdev run 4efdf7b5-dd51-40ea-99e3-4e221e24bd0f -s

Run the CLI commands to test your solution.

cat /tmp/commit_object_hex.txt
- Expecting exit code: 0
- Expecting stdout to contain all of:
  - 0000000:
  - 0000010:
  - 0000020:
  - 0000030:

Using the Bootdev CLI

The Bootdev CLI is the only way to submit your solution for this type of lesson. We need to be able to run commands in your environment to verify your solution.

You can install it here. It's a Go program hosted on GitHub, so you'll need Go installed as well. Instructions are on the GitHub page.