Git check if a HEAD file exists with SHA?

Question

I need to check if a file exists in the last commit ( HEAD ). I do it with

 git cat-file -e HEAD:path/to/file 

but I realized that this could be problematic if the file was moved or renamed. Is there a way to verify a file based on SHA? I tried

 git cat-file -e SHA 

but he seems to be looking for all the commits, not just the most recent ones.

Based on Alan Curry's Answer , it seems to work

 git ls-tree -r HEAD | grep SHA 

Answer 1

You can parse the output of git ls-tree -r HEAD