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Re: [BUG] git archive broken in 1.7.8.1

From
Carlos Martín Nieto <cmn@elego.de>
Date
Jan 10, 2012, 21:33 UTC
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<20120110213344.GI2714@centaur.lab.cmartin.tk>
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On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 10:18:41PM +0100, Albert Astals Cid wrote:
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> CC me on answers since i'm not subscribed to the list
> 
> Hi, one of our [KDE] anongit servers was updated to 1.7.8.1 and not the syntax
> 
> git archive --remote=git://anongit.kde.org/repo.git HEAD:path

This syntax is no longer allowed due to some security tightening. Use the alternate syntax

    git archive --remote=git://anongit.kde.org/repo.git HEAD -- path
> 
> does not seem to return a valid tar archive anymore when it did work 
> previously. In fact the man page of my version has that syntax in one of the 
> examples.
That sounds like a documentation bug.
   cmn
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  1. Albert Astals CidJan 10, 2012
  2. Carlos Martín NietoJan 10, 2012
  3. Albert Astals CidJan 10, 2012
  4. Carlos Martín NietoJan 10, 2012
  5. Jeff KingJan 10, 2012
  6. archive: re-allow HEAD:Documentation on a remote invocationCarlos Martín Nieto, Jan 11, 2012
  7. Jeff KingJan 11, 2012
  8. 1/2 get_sha1_with_context: report features used in resolutionJeff King, Jan 11, 2012
  9. Junio C HamanoJan 12, 2012
  10. Jeff KingJan 12, 2012
  11. 2/2 archive: loosen restrictions on remote object lookupJeff King, Jan 11, 2012
  12. Ian HarveyMay 29, 2013
  13. Jeff KingJun 5, 2013
  14. 0/4 real reachability checks for upload-archiveJeff King, Jun 5, 2013
  15. 1/4 clear parsed flag when we free tree buffersJeff King, Jun 5, 2013
  16. Junio C HamanoJun 6, 2013
  17. 2/4 upload-archive: restrict remote objects with reachability checkJeff King, Jun 5, 2013
  18. 3/4 list-objects: optimize "revs->blob_objects = 0" caseJeff King, Jun 5, 2013
  19. 4/4 archive: ignore blob objects when checking reachabilityJeff King, Jun 5, 2013
  20. Michael HaggertyJun 6, 2013
  21. Eric SunshineJun 7, 2013
  22. Junio C HamanoJun 6, 2013
  23. Junio C HamanoJan 12, 2012
  24. Jeff KingJan 12, 2012
  25. Jeff KingJan 12, 2012
  26. Junio C HamanoJan 12, 2012
  27. Jeff KingJan 12, 2012
  28. Junio C HamanoJan 12, 2012
  29. Allan WindJan 10, 2012
  30. Carlos Martín NietoJan 11, 2012

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