# Git attributes are read from head branch instead of given branch when using git archive 2 messages from 2017-03-09 to 2017-03-09. Participants: Aalex Gabi, Brandon Williams. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/45333 ## Aalex Gabi, 2017-03-09 21:02 Subject: Git attributes are read from head branch instead of given branch when using git archive Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/CABRdPwCA6UR0kkZ2T8W4OYZ36oBwF9hw%2BSpJHXDE15CHyFiA8A%40mail.gmail.com ``` Hello, git archive --remote="URL" branchname > branchname.tar.gz is not reading .gitattributes file from the given branch but from HEAD. More specifically export-ignore lines in the target branch are ignored. The remote is using git protocol and it's served by Gitlab. I use git version 2.11.0. Is this a git issue? In that case is this a bug or a known limitation? Best regards, Aalex Gabi ``` ## Brandon Williams, 2017-03-09 21:45 Subject: Re: Git attributes are read from head branch instead of given branch when using git archive Message-ID: <20170309214545.GA52558@google.com> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20170309214545.GA52558%40google.com In-Reply-To: ``` On 03/09, Aalex Gabi wrote: > Hello, > > git archive --remote="URL" branchname > branchname.tar.gz is not > reading .gitattributes file from the given branch but from HEAD. More > specifically export-ignore lines in the target branch are ignored. > > The remote is using git protocol and it's served by Gitlab. I use git > version 2.11.0. > > Is this a git issue? In that case is this a bug or a known limitation? > > Best regards, > Aalex Gabi Could you provide a little more context with the problem you are having? When you say HEAD are you referring to the server's HEAD? When testing this locally (with a relative URL) I can't seem to reproduce what you are describing. If you could provide a way to reproduce this I would be able to more easily diagnose the problem. -- Brandon Williams ```