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| author | Jeff King <peff@peff.net> | 2011-06-21 21:27:35 -0400 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2011-06-22 11:12:35 -0700 |
| commit | 0e804e09938905ed4fe6984f832057267cc5d86f (patch) | |
| tree | 1a3e8a37bc1324eecf2a4b73acd66576690ef295 /Documentation | |
| parent | 767cf4579f0e34a3cfc6704d5c313842321dfafa (diff) | |
| download | git-0e804e09938905ed4fe6984f832057267cc5d86f.tar.gz | |
archive: provide builtin .tar.gz filter
This works exactly as if the user had configured it via:
[tar "tgz"]
command = gzip -cn
[tar "tar.gz"]
command = gzip -cn
but since it is so common, it's convenient to have it
builtin without the user needing to do anything.
Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-archive.txt | 11 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-archive.txt b/Documentation/git-archive.txt index 726bf63d46..8b0080a977 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-archive.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-archive.txt @@ -110,6 +110,9 @@ tar.<format>.command:: 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. ATTRIBUTES ---------- @@ -143,6 +146,14 @@ 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 |