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stitched_items.png was a texture atlas generated by the game in .minecraft, comprised of the game's item textures.

Whether it was actually used for item textures is unknown, as it can be removed from .minecraft at runtime seemingly without affecting the game. In addition it has several invisible pixels shown at full intensity. As such, this atlas may just be a debugging byproduct - more information is needed on this matter. Its renaming to debug.stitched_items.png in 13w09a further supports this theory.

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Java Edition
1.5		13w02a			stitched_items.png is now generated by the game.
		13w02b			A new version of stitched_items.png is now generated.
		13w03a			A new version of stitched_items.png is now generated.
		13w09a			The file has been renamed from stitched_items.png to debug.stitched_items.png.
					The ordering of sprites has changed direction.
					A new version of debug.stitched_items.png is now generated.
1.6.1		13w16a			A new version of debug.stitched_items.png is now generated.
		13w16b			A new version of debug.stitched_items.png is now generated.
		13w18a			debug.stitched_items.png no longer appears to be generated by this version or subsequent versions. Whether this means a new texture atlas format is used, or if the debug generation of these atlases has stopped but they are still generated internally in a harder to access way, is currently unknown.