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.IX Title "LEI-BLOB 1"
.TH LEI-BLOB 1 1993-10-02 public-inbox.git "public-inbox user manual"
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.SH NAME
lei\-blob \- display a git blob, reconstructing from mail if necessary
.SH SYNOPSIS
.IX Header "SYNOPSIS"
lei blob [OPTIONS] OID
.SH DESCRIPTION
.IX Header "DESCRIPTION"
Display a git blob.  The blob may correspond to a message from the
local store, any local external, or blobs associated with a
project git repository (if run from a git (working) directory).
For blobs which do not exist, it will attempt to recreate the blob
using patch emails.
.SH OPTIONS
.IX Header "OPTIONS"
.IP \-\-git\-dir=DIR 4
.IX Item "--git-dir=DIR"
Specify an additional .git/ directory to scan.  This option may be
given multiple times.
.Sp
Default: the output of \f(CW\*(C`git rev\-parse \-\-git\-dir\*(C'\fR
.IP \-\-no\-cwd 4
.IX Item "--no-cwd"
Do not look in the git repository of the current working directory.
.IP \-\-no\-mail 4
.IX Item "--no-mail"
Do not look in mail storage for \f(CW\*(C`OID\*(C'\fR.  This is implied by
\&\f(CW\*(C`\-\-oid\-a\*(C'\fR, \f(CW\*(C`\-\-path\-a\*(C'\fR, and \f(CW\*(C`\-\-path\-b\*(C'\fR.
.IP "\-A OID-A" 4
.IX Item "-A OID-A"
.PD 0
.IP \-\-oid\-a=OID\-A 4
.IX Item "--oid-a=OID-A"
.PD
Provide pre-image object ID as a hint for reconstructing \f(CW\*(C`OID\*(C'\fR.
.IP "\-a PATH-A" 4
.IX Item "-a PATH-A"
.PD 0
.IP \-\-path\-a=PATH\-A 4
.IX Item "--path-a=PATH-A"
.PD
Provide pre-image pathname as a hint for reconstructing \f(CW\*(C`OID\*(C'\fR.
.IP "\-b PATH-B" 4
.IX Item "-b PATH-B"
.PD 0
.IP \-\-path\-b=PATH\-B 4
.IX Item "--path-b=PATH-B"
.PD
Provide post-image pathname as a hint for reconstructing \f(CW\*(C`OID\*(C'\fR.
.IP \-v 4
.IX Item "-v"
.PD 0
.IP \-\-verbose 4
.IX Item "--verbose"
.PD
Provide more feedback on stderr.
.PP
The following options are also supported and are described in
\&\fBlei\-q\fR\|(1).
.IP \-\-remote 4
.IX Item "--remote"
Remote externals only get queried when the blob needs to be
reconstructed from patch emails.
.IP \-\-no\-local 4
.IX Item "--no-local"
.PD 0
.IP \-\-no\-external 4
.IX Item "--no-external"
.IP "\-I LOCATION, \-\-include=LOCATION" 4
.IX Item "-I LOCATION, --include=LOCATION"
.IP \-\-exclude=LOCATION 4
.IX Item "--exclude=LOCATION"
.IP \-\-only=LOCATION 4
.IX Item "--only=LOCATION"
.IP \-\-no\-import\-remote 4
.IX Item "--no-import-remote"
.IP \-\-torsocks=auto|no|yes 4
.IX Item "--torsocks=auto|no|yes"
.IP \-\-no\-torsocks 4
.IX Item "--no-torsocks"
.IP \-\-proxy=PROTOCOL://HOST[:PORT] 4
.IX Item "--proxy=PROTOCOL://HOST[:PORT]"
.PD
.SH CONTACT
.IX Header "CONTACT"
Feedback welcome via plain-text mail to <mailto:meta@public\-inbox.org>
.PP
The mail archives are hosted at <https://public\-inbox.org/meta/> and
<http://4uok3hntl7oi7b4uf4rtfwefqeexfzil2w6kgk2jn5z2f764irre7byd.onion/meta/>
.SH COPYRIGHT
.IX Header "COPYRIGHT"
Copyright 2021 all contributors <mailto:meta@public\-inbox.org>
.PP
License: AGPL\-3.0+ <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl\-3.0.txt>
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.IX Header "SEE ALSO"
\&\fBlei\-add\-external\fR\|(1), \fBlei\-q\fR\|(1)