converts plain text to a git object

content2gitObject.rb

#!/usr/bin/ruby

require 'digest/sha1'
require 'zlib'

content = gets

print "type? (blob): "

type = gets
if type == "" then type = "blob" end

header = "blob #{content.length}\0"

store =  header + content

# puts "<#{store}>"

sha1 = Digest::SHA1.hexdigest(store)
puts sha1

zlib_content = Zlib::Deflate.deflate(store)
puts zlib_content

this script referred to chapter 10 of pro git