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Re: Creating a tarball out of a directory in a bare git repository

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Randal L. Schwartz <merlyn@stonehenge.com>
Date
Mar 1, 2010, 23:00 UTC
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>>>>> "jateeq" == jateeq  <jawad_atiq@hotmail.com> writes:

jateeq> - list all the files/folders in the directory (i have the sha1 hash of the jateeq> directory) jateeq> - foreach file in the directory, get the file contents (recurse if there are jateeq> further subdirectories). Probably store the result in an array. jateeq> - create a file somewhere on the filesystem out of each file output above. jateeq> Store it under the directory name. jateeq> - create a tarball out of the 'working' directory as usual.

Sounds like you're reinventing "git archive". :)
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  1. jateeqMar 1, 2010
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