git-archive submodule support

Rotem Yaari· Nov 4, 2012, 14:53 UTC · lore

Hi,

I was wondering if there are any plans to support inclusion of submodules in git-archive. This is very useful for quickly preparing ready-to-deploy archives of "unstable" branches etc., without the users' need to clone submodule dependencies each time.

Is this planned at some point? Such a change would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

-- Rotem

Jens Lehmann· Nov 4, 2012, 16:40 UTC · re: Rotem Yaari · lore

Re: git-archive submodule support

Am 04.11.2012 15:53, schrieb Rotem Yaari:

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> I was wondering if there are any plans to support inclusion of
> submodules in git-archive. This is very useful for quickly preparing
> ready-to-deploy archives of "unstable" branches etc., without the
> users' need to clone submodule dependencies each time.
> 
> Is this planned at some point? Such a change would be greatly appreciated.

It is planned but I don't expect to find the time for that in the near future, especially as this is not my itch. But I'd be willing to assist you in resurrecting a four year old patch for that from Lars Hjemli. It is archived in my GitHub repo: https://github.com/jlehmann/git-submod-enhancements/tree/archive--submodules