add a script which decompresses a git object I will never remember which command to use and how to get it...
diff --git a/util/uncompress-loose-object.sh b/util/uncompress-loose-object.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..01e5a1d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/util/uncompress-loose-object.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# requires zlib-flate which is part of the qpdf package: pkg_add qpdf
+
+if [ "$1" != "" ]; then
+ zlib-flate -uncompress < "$1"
+else
+ zlib-flate -uncompress
+fi