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diff --git a/Documentation/git-archive.txt b/Documentation/git-archive.txt index 3d1c1e75b7..799c8b64bd 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-archive.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-archive.txt @@ -21,13 +21,13 @@ structure for the named tree, and writes it out to the standard output. If <prefix> is specified it is prepended to the filenames in the archive. -'git-archive' behaves differently when given a tree ID versus when +'git archive' behaves differently when given a tree ID versus when given a commit ID or tag ID. In the first case the current time is used as the modification time of each file in the archive. In the latter case the commit time as recorded in the referenced commit object is used instead. Additionally the commit ID is stored in a global extended pax header if the tar format is used; it can be extracted -using 'git-get-tar-commit-id'. In ZIP files it is stored as a file +using 'git get-tar-commit-id'. In ZIP files it is stored as a file comment. OPTIONS @@ -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 --------------------- |