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diff --git a/Documentation/git-archive.txt b/Documentation/git-archive.txt
index 8d3e66626f..cfa1e4ebe4 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-archive.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-archive.txt
@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@ SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
'git archive' [--format=<fmt>] [--list] [--prefix=<prefix>/] [<extra>]
- [-o | --output=<file>] [--worktree-attributes]
+ [-o <file> | --output=<file>] [--worktree-attributes]
[--remote=<repo> [--exec=<git-upload-archive>]] <tree-ish>
- [path...]
+ [<path>...]
DESCRIPTION
-----------
@@ -56,7 +56,8 @@ OPTIONS
Write the archive to <file> instead of stdout.
--worktree-attributes::
- Look for attributes in .gitattributes in working directory too.
+ Look for attributes in .gitattributes files in the working tree
+ as well (see <<ATTRIBUTES>>).
<extra>::
This can be any options that the archiver backend understands.
@@ -64,7 +65,10 @@ OPTIONS
--remote=<repo>::
Instead of making a tar archive from the local repository,
- retrieve a tar archive from a remote repository.
+ retrieve a tar archive from a remote repository. Note that the
+ remote repository may place restrictions on which sha1
+ expressions may be allowed in `<tree-ish>`. See
+ linkgit:git-upload-archive[1] for details.
--exec=<git-upload-archive>::
Used with --remote to specify the path to the
@@ -73,7 +77,7 @@ OPTIONS
<tree-ish>::
The tree or commit to produce an archive for.
-path::
+<path>::
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.
@@ -98,8 +102,29 @@ tar.umask::
tar archive entries. The default is 0002, which turns off the
world write bit. The special value "user" indicates that the
archiving user's umask will be used instead. See umask(2) for
- details.
-
+ 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]]
ATTRIBUTES
----------
@@ -108,7 +133,7 @@ export-ignore::
added to archive files. See linkgit:gitattributes[5] for details.
export-subst::
- If the attribute export-subst is set for a file then git will
+ If the attribute export-subst is set for a file then Git will
expand several placeholders when adding this file to an archive.
See linkgit:gitattributes[5] for details.
@@ -116,51 +141,57 @@ Note that attributes are by default taken from the `.gitattributes` files
in the tree that is being archived. If you want to tweak the way the
output is generated after the fact (e.g. you committed without adding an
appropriate export-ignore in its `.gitattributes`), adjust the checked out
-`.gitattributes` file as necessary and use `--work-tree-attributes`
+`.gitattributes` file as necessary and use `--worktree-attributes`
option. Alternatively you can keep necessary attributes that should apply
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
--------
linkgit:gitattributes[5]
-Author
-------
-Written by Franck Bui-Huu and Rene Scharfe.
-
-Documentation
---------------
-Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
-
GIT
---
Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite