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[verse]
'git-archive' --format=<fmt> [--list] [--prefix=<prefix>/] [<extra>]
- [--remote=<repo>] <tree-ish> [path...]
+ [--remote=<repo> [--exec=<git-upload-archive>]] <tree-ish>
+ [path...]
DESCRIPTION
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Creates an archive of the specified format containing the tree
-structure for the named tree. If <prefix> is specified it is
+structure for the named tree, and writes it out to the standard
+output. If <prefix> is specified it is
prepended to the filenames in the archive.
'git-archive' behaves differently when given a tree ID versus when
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--format=<fmt>::
- Format of the resulting archive: 'tar', 'zip'... The default
+ Format of the resulting archive: 'tar' or 'zip'. The default
is 'tar'.
--list, -l::
Instead of making a tar archive from local repository,
retrieve a tar archive from a remote repository.
+--exec=<git-upload-archive>::
+ Used with --remote to specify the path to the
+ git-upload-archive executable on the remote side.
+
<tree-ish>::
The tree or commit to produce an archive for.