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Re: how to git-archive ignore some files?

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
May 11, 2008, 16:20 UTC
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René Scharfe <rene.scharfe@lsrfire.ath.cx> writes:
> Another idea: would it make sense to have an attribute for that instead
> (or in addition to the command line parameter)?  I.e. files marked
> export-ignore would not end up in the archive.  I suspect the set of
> files to ignore doesn't change from archive to archive one creates.
That sounds extremely sensible.
Should/does git-archive read .gitattributes from the tree being exported?
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  1. Victor Bogado da Silva LinsMay 6, 2008
  2. Sean EstabrooksMay 6, 2008
  3. René ScharfeMay 6, 2008
  4. Junio C HamanoMay 6, 2008
  5. René ScharfeMay 11, 2008
  6. Junio C HamanoMay 11, 2008
  7. Jakub NarebskiMay 12, 2008
  8. René ScharfeJun 8, 2008
  9. David BrysonMay 8, 2008
  10. Johannes SchindelinMay 8, 2008

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