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    <title>git-unpack-file(1)</title>
        <indexterm>
                <primary>git-unpack-file(1)</primary>
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<simplesect id="_name">
<title>NAME</title>
<simpara>git-unpack-file - Creates a temporary file with a blob&#8217;s contents</simpara>
</simplesect>
<simplesect id="_synopsis">
<title>SYNOPSIS</title>
<simpara><emphasis>git unpack-file</emphasis> &lt;blob&gt;</simpara>
</simplesect>
<simplesect id="_description">
<title>DESCRIPTION</title>
<simpara>Creates a file holding the contents of the blob specified by sha1. It
returns the name of the temporary file in the following format:
        .merge_file_XXXXX</simpara>
</simplesect>
<simplesect id="_options">
<title>OPTIONS</title>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term>
&lt;blob&gt;
</term>
<listitem>
<simpara>
        Must be a blob id
</simpara>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</simplesect>
<simplesect id="_author">
<title>Author</title>
<simpara>Written by Linus Torvalds &lt;<ulink url="mailto:torvalds@osdl.org">torvalds@osdl.org</ulink>&gt;</simpara>
</simplesect>
<simplesect id="_documentation">
<title>Documentation</title>
<simpara>Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list &lt;<ulink url="mailto:git@vger.kernel.org">git@vger.kernel.org</ulink>&gt;.</simpara>
</simplesect>
<simplesect id="_git">
<title>GIT</title>
<simpara>Part of the <xref linkend="git(1)"/> suite</simpara>
</simplesect>
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