---
name: "Git::Raw::Blob"
section: "3pm"
platform: "linux"
package: "libgit-raw-perl"
version: "0.90+ds-3+b1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/Git::Raw::Blob"
---

# Git::Raw::Blob(3pm)

Git blob class

## NAME

Git::Raw::Blob - Git blob class

## VERSION

version 0.90

## DESCRIPTION

A Git::Raw::Blob represents a Git blob.

**WARNING**: The API of this module is unstable and may change without warning (any change will be appropriately documented in the changelog).

## METHODS

### create( $repo, $buffer )

Create a new blob from the given buffer.

### lookup( $repo, $id )

Retrieve the blob corresponding to `$id`. This function is pretty much the same as `"$repo->lookup($id)"` except that it only returns blobs. If the blob doesn't exist, this function wil return `"undef"`.

### owner( )

Retrieve the Git::Raw::Repository owning the blob.

### content( )

Retrieve the raw content of a blob.

### size( )

Retrieve the size of the raw content of a blob.

### id( )

Return the raw ID (the SHA-1 hash) of the blob as a string.

### is\_binary( )

Determine if the blob content is most certainly binary or not.

### is\_blob( )

Returns true.

### is\_tree( )

Returns false.

## AUTHOR

Alessandro Ghedini \<alexbio@cpan.org\>

## LICENSE AND COPYRIGHT

Copyright 2012 Alessandro Ghedini.

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of either: the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; or the Artistic License.

See http://dev.perl.org/licenses/ for more information.