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+# unbundle
+
+unbundle parses bundle and pundle definition files to recursively resolve
+a complete list of all packages in a bundle. The usage for unbundle is
+
+unbundle bundle-name path/to/clr-bundles/repo
+
+unbundle prints a sorted list of all included packages.