diff --git a/swh/model/git_objects.py b/swh/model/git_objects.py
--- a/swh/model/git_objects.py
+++ b/swh/model/git_objects.py
@@ -39,6 +39,19 @@
 from .hashutil import git_object_header, hash_to_bytehex
 
 
+def content_git_object(content: model.Content) -> bytes:
+    """Formats a content as a git blob.
+
+    A content's identifier is the blob sha1 à la git of the tagged content.
+    """
+    content = cast(model.Content, content)
+
+    if content.data is None:
+        raise model.MissingData("Content data is None, cannot format.")
+
+    return git_object_header("blob", len(content.data)) + content.data
+
+
 def directory_entry_sort_key(entry: model.DirectoryEntry):
     """The sorting key for tree entries"""
     if isinstance(entry, dict):
diff --git a/swh/model/tests/test_model.py b/swh/model/tests/test_model.py
--- a/swh/model/tests/test_model.py
+++ b/swh/model/tests/test_model.py
@@ -841,6 +841,20 @@
         )
 
 
+@given(strategies.contents().filter(lambda cnt: cnt.data is not None))
+def test_content_check(content):
+    content.check()
+
+    content2 = attr.evolve(content, id=b"\x00" * 20)
+    with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="does not match recomputed hash"):
+        content2.check()
+
+    content2 = attr.evolve(
+        content, raw_manifest=swh.model.git_objects.content_git_object(content)
+    )
+    content2.check()
+
+
 # SkippedContent