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[verse]
'git archive' [--format=<fmt>] [--list] [--prefix=<prefix>/] [<extra>]
- [--output=<file>] [--worktree-attributes]
+ [-o | --output=<file>] [--worktree-attributes]
[--remote=<repo> [--exec=<git-upload-archive>]] <tree-ish>
[path...]
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--format=<fmt>::
- Format of the resulting archive: 'tar' or 'zip'. The default
- is 'tar'.
+ Format of the resulting archive: 'tar' or 'zip'. If this option
+ is not given, and the output file is specified, the format is
+ inferred from the filename if possible (e.g. writing to "foo.zip"
+ makes the output to be in the zip format). Otherwise the output
+ format is `tar`.
-l::
--list::
--prefix=<prefix>/::
Prepend <prefix>/ to each filename in the archive.
+-o <file>::
--output=<file>::
Write the archive to <file> instead of stdout.
The tree or commit to produce an archive for.
path::
- If one or more paths are specified, include only these in the
- archive, otherwise include all files and subdirectories.
+ Without an optional path parameter, all files and subdirectories
+ of the current working directory are included in the archive.
+ If one or more paths are specified, only these are included.
BACKEND EXTRA OPTIONS
---------------------
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::
+
+ 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.
+
SEE ALSO
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