GIT-UNPACK-FILE(1) Git Manual GIT-UNPACK-FILE(1) NAME git-unpack-file - Creates a temporary file with a blob's contents SYNOPSIS git unpack-file DESCRIPTION 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 OPTIONS Must be a blob id GIT Part of the git(1) suite Git 2.20.1 04/20/2020 GIT-UNPACK-FILE(1)