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diff --git a/Documentation/git-archive.txt b/Documentation/git-archive.txt index 9c750e2444..726bf63d46 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-archive.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-archive.txt @@ -101,6 +101,16 @@ 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. + ATTRIBUTES ---------- @@ -149,6 +159,12 @@ 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 -------- |