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Re: [BUG?] git-archive ignores remote .gitattributes (was: .git/info/attributes not cloned)

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Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date
Mar 28, 2008, 12:22 UTC
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Hi,
On Fri, 28 Mar 2008, Toby Corkindale wrote:
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> I submit that this is a bug, or at least undesirable behaviour:
> 
> "git-archive --remote=/some/repo" will ignore /some/repo/.gitattributes, 
> but check /some/repo/info/attributes.
> 
> I think the problem is in the loop that looks for .gitattributes, which 
> seems to do so by taking the current path and iterating down through it?

The problem is that "git archive --remote" operates on the remote repository as if it were bare. Which in many cases is true.

So I'd submit that this is not the usage .gitattributes is meant for, and that you should clone the thing if you want to generate archives heeding the .gitattributes.

Ciao, Dscho

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  1. Toby CorkindaleMar 27, 2008
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  3. Toby CorkindaleMar 27, 2008
  4. Jeff KingMar 27, 2008
  5. Toby CorkindaleMar 27, 2008
  6. Jeff KingMar 27, 2008
  7. [BUG?] git-archive ignores remote .gitattributes (was: .git/info/attributes not cloned)Toby Corkindale, Mar 28, 2008
  8. Johannes SchindelinMar 28, 2008
  9. Jakub NarebskiMar 28, 2008
  10. Johannes SchindelinMar 28, 2008
  11. Jeff KingMar 31, 2008
  12. Junio C HamanoMar 31, 2008
  13. Toby CorkindaleApr 10, 2008

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