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+cff-version: 1.2.0
+message: "Cite this software by using this metadata."
+title: gunstage
+abstract: |
+  `gunstage` or `git unstage` is a command-line tool for unstaging files in a
+  Git repository without the need to memorize the many ways Git recommends it
+  be done and when.
+authors:
+  - given-names: Lucas
+    family-names: Larson
+    orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0317-5426
+version: 1.7.0
+date-released: 2022-03-29
+license: GPL-3.0-or-later
+url: https://github.com/LucasLarson/gunstage
+repository-code: https://github.com/LucasLarson/gunstage