DESCRIPTION
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+THIS COMMAND IS DEPRECATED. Use `git-archive` with `--format=tar`
+option instead.
+
Creates a tar archive containing the tree structure for the named tree.
When <base> is specified it is added as a leading path to the files in the
generated tar archive.
umask = 002 ;# group friendly
The special umask value "user" indicates that the user's current umask
-will be used instead. The default value remains 0, which means world
+will be used instead. The default value is 002, which means group
readable/writable files and directories.
EXAMPLES