Re: [Feature Request] git export

From: Tim Visher <tim.visher@gmail.com>
Date: Aug 10, 2009, 16:27 UTC
Message-ID: <c115fd3c0908100927v4d9e4a87we4502e91d3789138@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <200908101822.59940.thomas@koch.ro>

Hey Thomas,

On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 12:22 PM, Thomas Koch<thomas@koch.ro> wrote:

> could you please provide a simple solution to save a tree object into an
> arbitrary location?

This has been requested a few times and I have no idea what the development status of it is. Most people seem to recommend just making an alias around git checkout-index.

> 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
> GIT FU to do such a simple thing.

It's not really a misuse, as the [man page itself](http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-checkout-index.html) recommends using checkout-index as a way to export an entire tree. Until someone decides that it's worth making the porcelain command (like you perhaps) then I think you can just stick with checkout-index knowing you're not abusing anything.

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