Merge branch 'jk/archive-tar-filter'

* jk/archive-tar-filter:
  upload-archive: allow user to turn off filters
  archive: provide builtin .tar.gz filter
  archive: implement configurable tar filters
  archive: refactor file extension format-guessing
  archive: move file extension format-guessing lower
  archive: pass archiver struct to write_archive callback
  archive: refactor list of archive formats
  archive-tar: don't reload default config options
  archive: reorder option parsing and config reading

1 files changed, 33 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/git-archive.txt b/Documentation/git-archive.txt
index 9c750e2444..1320c873ad 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
 ----------
 
@@ -133,6 +152,14 @@ 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.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{caret}\{tree\} | gzip >git-1.4.0.tar.gz::
 
 	Create a compressed tarball for v1.4.0 release, but without a
@@ -149,6 +176,12 @@ git archive -o latest.zip HEAD::
 	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
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