# How to exclude some files when using git-archive? 3 messages from 2009-01-16 to 2009-01-16. Participants: Ping Yin, Junio C Hamano. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/17198 ## Ping Yin, 2009-01-16 02:40 Subject: How to exclude some files when using git-archive? Message-ID: <46dff0320901151840l18257501x62a3fa1fe9701dc@mail.gmail.com> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/46dff0320901151840l18257501x62a3fa1fe9701dc%40mail.gmail.com ``` I want to exclude .gitignore from the archive, but hasn't find a easy way Ping Yin ``` ## Junio C Hamano, 2009-01-16 02:44 Subject: Re: How to exclude some files when using git-archive? Message-ID: <7v4p00otpb.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/7v4p00otpb.fsf%40gitster.siamese.dyndns.org In-Reply-To: <46dff0320901151840l18257501x62a3fa1fe9701dc@mail.gmail.com> ``` Ping Yin writes: > I want to exclude .gitignore from the archive, but hasn't find a easy way > > Ping Yin "man gitattributes", then look for export-ignore? ``` ## Ping Yin, 2009-01-16 05:26 Subject: Re: How to exclude some files when using git-archive? Message-ID: <46dff0320901152126u2bb9ff55qce9a22c69276bc6a@mail.gmail.com> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/46dff0320901152126u2bb9ff55qce9a22c69276bc6a%40mail.gmail.com In-Reply-To: <7v4p00otpb.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org> ``` On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 10:44 AM, Junio C Hamano wrote: > Ping Yin writes: > >> I want to exclude .gitignore from the archive, but hasn't find a easy way >> >> Ping Yin > > "man gitattributes", then look for export-ignore? > > Thanks. That's exactly what i want. One question: It seems the .gitattributes doesn't take effect when using following command GIT_DIR=A/.git git archive HEAD > A.tar where the files with attribute export-ignore are still exported. Instead, i have to run cd A && git archive HEAD > A.tar Ping Yin ```