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diff --git a/Documentation/git-tar-tree.txt b/Documentation/git-tar-tree.txt index 2139b6ff8c..831537b6ff 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-tar-tree.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-tar-tree.txt @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ git-tar-tree - Creates a tar archive of the files in the named tree SYNOPSIS -------- -'git-tar-tree' <tree-ish> [ <base> ] +'git-tar-tree' [--remote=<repo>] <tree-ish> [ <base> ] DESCRIPTION ----------- @@ -23,6 +23,35 @@ commit time as recorded in the referenced commit object is used instead. Additionally the commit ID is stored in a global extended pax header. It can be extracted using git-get-tar-commit-id. +OPTIONS +------- + +<tree-ish>:: + The tree or commit to produce tar archive for. If it is + the object name of a commit object. + +<base>:: + Leading path to the files in the resulting tar archive. + +--remote=<repo>:: + Instead of making a tar archive from local repository, + retrieve a tar archive from a remote repository. + +Examples +-------- +git tar-tree HEAD | (cd /var/tmp/ && mkdir junk && tar Cxf junk -):: + + Create a tar archive that contains the contents of the + latest commit on the current branch, and extracts it in + `/var/tmp/junk` directory. + +git tar-tree v2.6.17 linux-2.6.17 | gzip >linux-2.6.17.tar.gz + + Create a tarball for v2.6.17 release. + +git tar-tree --remote=example.com:git.git v0.99 >git-0.99.tar + + Get a tarball v0.99 from example.com. Author ------ |