From: René Scharfe <rene.scharfe@lsrfire.ath.cx>
Date: Sat, 10 Mar 2012 06:40:23 GMT
Subject: Re: Passing commit IDs to git-archive
Message-ID: <4F5AF757.2040000@lsrfire.ath.cx>
In-Reply-To: <8fb14091-99dc-4383-9cab-5bf508e0a554@mail>

Am 09.03.2012 23:14, schrieb Stephen Bash:
> Unfortunately I just attempted
>
>    warp:bar bash$ git archive --remote=file:///Users/bash/Development/foo \
>                               --output=test.tgz 3b9e49b \
>                               path/to/subdir
>    remote: fatal: no such ref: 3b9e49b
>    remote: git upload-archive: archiver died with error
>    fatal: sent error to the client: git upload-archive: archiver died with error

How about something like this instead?

	$ (
		cd /Users/bash/Development/foo &&
		git archive --format=tgz 3b9e49b path/to/subdir
	) >test.tgz

I.e. instead of using the --remote option, going to the target and 
creating the archive locally.  You could also keep using the --output 
parameter if you specify the target file using an absolute path, of course.

René