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-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-archive.txt5
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diff --git a/Documentation/git-archive.txt b/Documentation/git-archive.txt
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@@ -74,8 +74,9 @@ OPTIONS
The tree or commit to produce an archive for.
path::
- If one or more paths are specified, include only these in the
- archive, otherwise include all files and subdirectories.
+ Without an optional path parameter, all files and subdirectories
+ of the current working directory are included in the archive.
+ If one or more paths are specified, only these are included.
BACKEND EXTRA OPTIONS
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