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Re: [Feature Request] git export

From
Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Aug 10, 2009, 16:54 UTC
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Thomas Koch <thomas@koch.ro> writes:
> could you please provide a simple solution to save a tree object into an 
> arbitrary location?
> I found some hints, that it would be possible by missusing either git 
> checkout-index or git-archive, but I think that it shouldn't require that much

If you are talking about a tree object, then git-archive is what you want. It was invented almost for this exact purpose, but unlike "export" that would only copy to a directory, you can get a tarball out of it when you do not want to expand the result into a directory; it is more versatile form. The manual page for the command has an example (look for "/var/tmp") so I won't repeat the cut-and-paste recipe here.

If you are not talking about a tree object but is talking about the contents recorded in your index, checkout-index with the --prefix option may be what you want. The manual page for the command has an example (look for "--prefix=git-export-dir/") so I won't repeat it here.

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  1. Thomas KochAug 10, 2009
  2. Tim VisherAug 10, 2009
  3. Thomas KochAug 10, 2009
  4. Tim VisherAug 10, 2009
  5. Junio C HamanoAug 10, 2009
  6. Johannes SchindelinAug 10, 2009
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