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[PATCH] Add comment that git-archive writes to stdout

From
Jari Aalto <jari.aalto@cante.net>
Date
Sep 14, 2007, 18:41 UTC
Message-ID
<1wd1t7gv.fsf@blue.sea.net>
Signed-off-by: Jari Aalto <jari.aalto AT cante.net>
---
 Documentation/git-archive.txt |    3 ++-
 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-archive.txt b/Documentation/git-archive.txt
index f2080eb..f172639 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-archive.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-archive.txt
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ DESCRIPTION
 -----------
 Creates an archive of the specified format containing the tree
 structure for the named tree.  If <prefix> is specified it is
-prepended to the filenames in the archive.
+prepended to the filenames in the archive. The archive is
+written to stdout.
 
 'git-archive' behaves differently when given a tree ID versus when
 given a commit ID or tag ID.  In the first case the current time is

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  1. Add comment that git-archive writes to stdoutJari Aalto, Sep 14, 2007

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