Git internals

Git pkt-line encoder

Encode a text payload or Git protocol control packet.

Your inputs

Start with an example

Example result

Prefix data with four hexadecimal digits counting the prefix plus UTF-8 payload bytes. Control packets use 0000, 0001 or 0002.

hello followed by LF is 6 payload bytes and encodes with length prefix 000a.

Data mode requires nonempty text. This is not a complete Git exchange. Binary non-UTF-8 payloads are excluded.