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[PATCH] git-tar-tree: complete deprecation conversion message

From
Sam Vilain <sam.vilain@catalyst.net.nz>
Date
Apr 18, 2007, 23:51 UTC
Message-ID
<11769402811235-git-send-email-sam.vilain@catalyst.net.nz>
The syntax for git-archive is different; warn about it in the
deprecation message on the manual page.
---
 Documentation/git-tar-tree.txt |    2 +-
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-tar-tree.txt b/Documentation/git-tar-tree.txt
index 5959405..7bde73b 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-tar-tree.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-tar-tree.txt
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
 THIS COMMAND IS DEPRECATED.  Use `git-archive` with `--format=tar`
-option instead.
+option instead (and move the <base> argument to `--prefix=base/`).
 
 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
-- 
1.5.1.1.175.g31e4
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  1. git-tar-tree: complete deprecation conversion messageSam Vilain, Apr 18, 2007

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