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
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EXAMPLES
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-git archive --format=tar --prefix=junk/ HEAD | (cd /var/tmp/ && tar xf -)::
+`git archive --format=tar --prefix=junk/ HEAD | (cd /var/tmp/ && tar xf -)`::
Create a tar archive that contains the contents of the
latest commit on the current branch, and extract it in the
`/var/tmp/junk` directory.
-git archive --format=tar --prefix=git-1.4.0/ v1.4.0 | gzip >git-1.4.0.tar.gz::
+`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::
+`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::
+`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::
+`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
global extended pax header.
-git archive --format=zip --prefix=git-docs/ HEAD:Documentation/ > git-1.4.0-docs.zip::
+`git archive --format=zip --prefix=git-docs/ HEAD:Documentation/ > git-1.4.0-docs.zip`::
Put everything in the current head's Documentation/ directory
into 'git-1.4.0-docs.zip', with the prefix 'git-docs/'.
-git archive -o latest.zip HEAD::
+`git archive -o latest.zip HEAD`::
Create a Zip archive that contains the contents of the latest
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"::
+`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