From: Denis Bueno <dbueno@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2008 15:46:12 GMT
Subject: git cherry-pick before archive
Message-ID: <6dbd4d000807110846m2921ddb9r88eb3986762b8f81@mail.gmail.com>

Hi all,

I'm trying to use git archive to create a kind of "release" tarball of
my source.  I've got a patch (a commit) that I'd like to apply to the
tree before I call git archive on HEAD.  Currently my command is:

    git archive --format=tar --prefix=pfx/ HEAD | gzip > prj.tgz

If I were to actually modify my tree & history, I'd change the command to:

    git cherry-pick 97a1235ce674f7cf4df3129cd0ab1ae0793db392
    git archive --format=tar --prefix=pfx/ HEAD | gzip > prj.tgz
    git reset --hard HEAD^

But I'd rather not modify my history, if it's possible.  (This will
create a bunch of dangling commit objects over time, no?)

-- 
 Denis