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From: =?UTF-8?q?Ren=C3=A9=20Scharfe?= <l.s.r@web.de>
Date: Sat, 19 Sep 2020 23:23:42 +0200
Subject: archive: add --add-file
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Allow users to append non-tracked files.  This simplifies the generation
of source packages with a few extra files, e.g. containing version
information.  They get the same access times and user information as
tracked files.

Signed-off-by: René Scharfe <l.s.r@web.de>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
---
 Documentation/git-archive.txt | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

(limited to 'Documentation')

diff --git a/Documentation/git-archive.txt b/Documentation/git-archive.txt
index cfa1e4ebe4..9f8172828d 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-archive.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-archive.txt
@@ -55,6 +55,12 @@ OPTIONS
 --output=<file>::
 	Write the archive to <file> instead of stdout.
 
+--add-file=<file>::
+	Add a non-tracked file to the archive.  Can be repeated to add
+	multiple files.  The path of the file in the archive is built
+	by concatenating the value for `--prefix` (if any) and the
+	basename of <file>.
+
 --worktree-attributes::
 	Look for attributes in .gitattributes files in the working tree
 	as well (see <<ATTRIBUTES>>).
-- 
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