|  | git-unpack-file(1) | 
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|  | NAME | 
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|  | git-unpack-file - Creates a temporary file with a blob's contents | 
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|  | SYNOPSIS | 
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|  | 'git unpack-file' <blob> | 
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|  | DESCRIPTION | 
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|  | 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 | 
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|  | OPTIONS | 
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|  | <blob>:: | 
|  | Must be a blob id | 
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|  | Author | 
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|  | Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> | 
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|  | Documentation | 
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|  | Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>. | 
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|  | GIT | 
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|  | Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite |