# git archive setting user and group

1 messages from 2021-01-22 to 2021-01-22. Participants: Jason Pyeron.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/55033

## Jason Pyeron, 2021-01-22 20:09

Subject: git archive setting user and group
Message-ID: <040201d6f0fa$724800e0$56d802a0$@pdinc.us>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/040201d6f0fa%24724800e0%2456d802a0%24%40pdinc.us

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I am about to make a release for logwatch tonight. Historically the files are owned by logwatch in the tgz file. When I use git archive it is owned by uid 0, is there an option to set the uid/uname, gid/gname owner of the files?

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