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Re: Feature request: Allow extracting revisions into directories

From
Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Feb 4, 2013, 16:52 UTC
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Tomas Carnecky <tomas.carnecky@gmail.com> writes:
> That's what `git checkout` is for. And I would even argue that it's the better
> choice in your situation because it would delete files from /var/www/foo which
> you have deleted in your repo. git archive|tar wouldn't do that.

The point about removal is an interesting one. From that /var/www location I guess that you are discussing some webapp, but if you let it _write_ into it, you may also have to worry about how to handle the case where an update from the source end that comes from the checkout and an update by the webapp collide with each other.

You also need to maintain the .git/index file that corresponds to what should be in /var/www/foo/ if you go that route.

Just to be sure, I am not saying "checkout" is an inappropriate solution to whatever problem you are trying to solve. I am just pointing out things you need to be aware of if you take that approach.

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  1. Robert ClauseckerFeb 3, 2013
  2. Sitaram ChamartyFeb 3, 2013
  3. Robert ClauseckerFeb 3, 2013
  4. Sitaram ChamartyFeb 4, 2013
  5. Phil HordFeb 5, 2013
  6. Robert ClauseckerFeb 9, 2013
  7. Junio C HamanoFeb 9, 2013
  8. Junio C HamanoFeb 10, 2013
  9. Robert ClauseckerFeb 10, 2013
  10. Jonathan NiederFeb 10, 2013
  11. Robert ClauseckerFeb 10, 2013
  12. Jonathan NiederFeb 10, 2013
  13. Konstantin KhomoutovFeb 3, 2013
  14. Michael J GruberFeb 4, 2013
  15. Robert ClauseckerFeb 4, 2013
  16. Tomas CarneckyFeb 4, 2013
  17. Junio C HamanoFeb 4, 2013
  18. Sitaram ChamartyFeb 5, 2013
  19. Andrew ArdillFeb 4, 2013
  20. Junio C HamanoFeb 4, 2013
  21. Andreas SchwabFeb 4, 2013
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