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diff --git a/Documentation/git-archive.txt b/Documentation/git-archive.txt index 9c750e2444..59d73e532f 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-archive.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-archive.txt @@ -101,6 +101,25 @@ tar.umask:: details. If `--remote` is used then only the configuration of the remote repository takes effect. +tar.<format>.command:: + This variable specifies a shell command through which the tar + output generated by `git archive` should be piped. The command + is executed using the shell with the generated tar file on its + standard input, and should produce the final output on its + standard output. Any compression-level options will be passed + to the command (e.g., "-9"). An output file with the same + extension as `<format>` will be use this format if no other + format is given. ++ +The "tar.gz" and "tgz" formats are defined automatically and default to +`gzip -cn`. You may override them with custom commands. + +tar.<format>.remote:: + If true, enable `<format>` for use by remote clients via + linkgit:git-upload-archive[1]. Defaults to false for + user-defined formats, but true for the "tar.gz" and "tgz" + formats. + ATTRIBUTES ---------- @@ -123,32 +142,46 @@ while archiving any tree in your `$GIT_DIR/info/attributes` file. EXAMPLES -------- -git archive --format=tar --prefix=junk/ HEAD | (cd /var/tmp/ && tar xf -):: +`git archive --format=tar --prefix=junk/ HEAD | (cd /var/tmp/ && tar xf -)`:: Create a tar archive that contains the contents of the latest commit on the current branch, and extract it in the `/var/tmp/junk` directory. -git archive --format=tar --prefix=git-1.4.0/ v1.4.0 | gzip >git-1.4.0.tar.gz:: +`git archive --format=tar --prefix=git-1.4.0/ v1.4.0 | gzip >git-1.4.0.tar.gz`:: Create a compressed tarball for v1.4.0 release. -git archive --format=tar --prefix=git-1.4.0/ v1.4.0{caret}\{tree\} | gzip >git-1.4.0.tar.gz:: +`git archive --format=tar.gz --prefix=git-1.4.0/ v1.4.0 >git-1.4.0.tar.gz`:: + + Same as above, but using the builtin tar.gz handling. + +`git archive --prefix=git-1.4.0/ -o git-1.4.0.tar.gz v1.4.0`:: + + Same as above, but the format is inferred from the output file. + +`git archive --format=tar --prefix=git-1.4.0/ v1.4.0^{tree} | gzip >git-1.4.0.tar.gz`:: Create a compressed tarball for v1.4.0 release, but without a global extended pax header. -git archive --format=zip --prefix=git-docs/ HEAD:Documentation/ > git-1.4.0-docs.zip:: +`git archive --format=zip --prefix=git-docs/ HEAD:Documentation/ > git-1.4.0-docs.zip`:: Put everything in the current head's Documentation/ directory into 'git-1.4.0-docs.zip', with the prefix 'git-docs/'. -git archive -o latest.zip HEAD:: +`git archive -o latest.zip HEAD`:: Create a Zip archive that contains the contents of the latest commit on the current branch. Note that the output format is inferred by the extension of the output file. +`git config tar.tar.xz.command "xz -c"`:: + + Configure a "tar.xz" format for making LZMA-compressed tarfiles. + You can use it specifying `--format=tar.xz`, or by creating an + output file like `-o foo.tar.xz`. + SEE ALSO -------- |