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diff --git a/Documentation/git-archive.txt b/Documentation/git-archive.txt index 105a31a088..e57979198b 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-archive.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-archive.txt @@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] 'git archive' [--format=<fmt>] [--list] [--prefix=<prefix>/] [<extra>] + [-o | --output=<file>] [--worktree-attributes] [--remote=<repo> [--exec=<git-upload-archive>]] <tree-ish> [path...] @@ -33,8 +34,11 @@ OPTIONS ------- --format=<fmt>:: - Format of the resulting archive: 'tar' or 'zip'. The default - is 'tar'. + Format of the resulting archive: 'tar' or 'zip'. If this option + is not given, and the output file is specified, the format is + inferred from the filename if possible (e.g. writing to "foo.zip" + makes the output to be in the zip format). Otherwise the output + format is `tar`. -l:: --list:: @@ -47,6 +51,13 @@ OPTIONS --prefix=<prefix>/:: Prepend <prefix>/ to each filename in the archive. +-o <file>:: +--output=<file>:: + Write the archive to <file> instead of stdout. + +--worktree-attributes:: + Look for attributes in .gitattributes in working directory too. + <extra>:: This can be any options that the archiver backend understands. See next section. @@ -63,8 +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 --------------------- @@ -122,6 +134,12 @@ git archive --format=zip --prefix=git-docs/ HEAD:Documentation/ > git-1.4.0-docs 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:: + + 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. + SEE ALSO -------- |