From: Randal L. Schwartz <merlyn@stonehenge.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2008 05:44:45 GMT
Subject: Re: I don't want the .git directory next to my code.
Message-ID: <86myr5f1ki.fsf@blue.stonehenge.com>
In-Reply-To: <46a038f90801161859n2f7d8c33kb5d359fb25d07488@mail.gmail.com>

>>>>> "Martin" == Martin Langhoff <martin.langhoff@gmail.com> writes:

Martin> I find the discussion of git-archive as a deployment tool a bit
Martin> worrying - remember that untarring a newer version of the tarball on
Martin> top of the old version does not remove old files.

"rsync --exclude [dangerous things} --delete --delete-excluded" is your friend.

They added --delete--excluded at my request, by the way.

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