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+#ifndef INCLUDE_git_blob_h__
+#define INCLUDE_git_blob_h__
+
+#include "common.h"
+#include "oid.h"
+
+/**
+ * @file git/blob.h
+ * @brief Git blob load and write routines
+ * @defgroup git_blob Git blob load and write routines
+ * @ingroup Git
+ * @{
+ */
+GIT_BEGIN_DECL
+
+/** In-memory representation of a blob object. */
+typedef struct git_blob git_blob;
+
+/**
+ * Lookup a blob object from a repository.
+ * The generated blob object is owned by the revision
+ * repo and shall not be freed by the user.
+ *
+ * @param blob pointer to the looked up blob
+ * @param repo the repo to use when locating the blob.
+ * @param id identity of the blob to locate.
+ * @return 0 on success; error code otherwise
+ */
+GIT_EXTERN(int) git_blob_lookup(git_blob **blob, git_repository *repo, const git_oid *id);
+
+/**
+ * Create a new in-memory git_blob.
+ *
+ * The blob object must be manually filled using
+ * the 'set_rawcontent' methods before it can
+ * be written back to disk.
+ *
+ * @param blob pointer to the new blob
+ * @param repo The repository where the object will reside
+ * @return 0 on success; error code otherwise
+ */
+GIT_EXTERN(int) git_blob_new(git_blob **blob, git_repository *repo);
+
+/**
+ * Fill a blob with the contents inside
+ * the pointed file.
+ *
+ * @param blob pointer to the new blob
+ * @param filename name of the file to read
+ * @return 0 on success; error code otherwise
+ */
+GIT_EXTERN(int) git_blob_set_rawcontent_fromfile(git_blob *blob, const char *filename);
+
+/**
+ * Fill a blob with the contents inside
+ * the pointed buffer
+ *
+ * @param blob pointer to the blob
+ * @param buffer buffer with the contents for the blob
+ * @param len size of the buffer
+ * @return 0 on success; error code otherwise
+ */
+GIT_EXTERN(int) git_blob_set_rawcontent(git_blob *blob, const void *buffer, size_t len);
+
+/**
+ * Read the raw content of a blob.
+ *
+ * A copy of the raw content is stored on the buffer passed
+ * to the function. If the buffer is not long enough,
+ * the method will fail.
+ *
+ * @param blob pointer to the blob
+ * @param buffer buffer to fill with contents
+ * @param len size of the buffer
+ * @return 0 on success; error code otherwise
+ */
+GIT_EXTERN(int) git_blob_rawcontent(git_blob *blob, void *buffer, size_t len);
+
+/**
+ * Get the size in bytes of the contents of a blob
+ *
+ * @param blob pointer to the blob
+ * @return size on bytes
+ */
+GIT_EXTERN(int) git_blob_rawsize(git_blob *blob);
+
+/**
+ * Read a file from the working folder of a repository
+ * and write it to the Object Database as a loose blob,
+ * if such doesn't exist yet.
+ *
+ * @param written_id return the id of the written blob
+ * @param repo repository where the blob will be written
+ * @param path file from which the blob will be created
+ */
+GIT_EXTERN(int) git_blob_writefile(git_oid *written_id, git_repository *repo, const char *path);
+
+/** @} */
+GIT_END_DECL
+#endif