archive: clarify description of path parameter

diff --git a/Documentation/git-archive.txt b/Documentation/git-archive.txt
index bc132c87e1a5b9f42ea1f2bbd4e3c46f67fc3852..e57979198ba880379056189860275724eec7fd3e 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-archive.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-archive.txt
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ git-archive - Create an archive of files from a named tree
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
 [verse]
-'git archive' --format=<fmt> [--list] [--prefix=<prefix>/] [<extra>]
-             [--output=<file>] [--worktree-attributes]
+'git archive' [--format=<fmt>] [--list] [--prefix=<prefix>/] [<extra>]
+             [-o | --output=<file>] [--worktree-attributes]
              [--remote=<repo> [--exec=<git-upload-archive>]] <tree-ish>
              [path...]
 
@@ -34,8 +34,11 @@ OPTIONS
 -------
 
 --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::
@@ -48,6 +51,7 @@ OPTIONS
 --prefix=<prefix>/::
        Prepend <prefix>/ to each filename in the archive.
 
+-o <file>::
 --output=<file>::
        Write the archive to <file> instead of stdout.
 
@@ -70,8 +74,9 @@ OPTIONS
        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
 ---------------------
@@ -129,6 +134,12 @@ git archive --format=zip --prefix=git-docs/ HEAD:Documentation/ > git-1.4.0-docs
        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
 --------