Re: [PATCH v5] archive: initialize archivers earlier

> Initialize archivers as soon as possible when running git-archive.
> Various non-obvious behavior depends on having the archivers
> initialized, such as determining the desired archival format from the
> provided filename.
> 
> Since 08716b3c11 ("archive: refactor file extension format-guessing",
> 2011-06-21), archive_format_from_filename() has used the registered
> archivers to match filenames (provided via --output) to archival
> formats. However, when git-archive is executed with --remote, format
> detection happens before the archivers have been registered. This causes
> archives from remotes to always be generated as TAR files, regardless of
> the actual filename (unless an explicit --format is provided).
> 
> This patch fixes that behavior; archival format is determined properly
> from the output filename, even when --remote is used.