What does the git index contain EXACTLY?

Question

What does the Git index exactly contain, and what command can I use to view the content of the index?

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Update

Thanks for all your answe

Answer 1

Here is what you exactly needed, use this command.

$ binwalk index

DECIMAL       HEXADECIMAL     DESCRIPTION
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1717          0x6B5           Unix path: /company/user/user/delete.php
1813          0x715           Unix path: /company/user/user/get.php
1909          0x775           Unix path: /company/user/user/post.php
2005          0x7D5           Unix path: /company/user/user/put.php
3373          0xD2D           Unix path: /urban-airship/channel/channel/post.php
3789          0xECD           Unix path: /urban-airship/named-user/named-user/post.php
3901          0xF3D           Unix path: /user/categories/categories/delete.php
4005          0xFA5           Unix path: /user/categories/categories/get.php
4109          0x100D          Unix path: /user/categories/categories/put.php
4309          0x10D5          Unix path: /user/favorites/favorites/delete.php