1 git-archive(1)
2 ==============
4 NAME
5 ----
6 git-archive - Create an archive of files from a named tree
9 SYNOPSIS
10 --------
11 [verse]
12 'git archive' [--format=<fmt>] [--list] [--prefix=<prefix>/] [<extra>]
13 [-o | --output=<file>] [--worktree-attributes]
14 [--remote=<repo> [--exec=<git-upload-archive>]] <tree-ish>
15 [<path>...]
17 DESCRIPTION
18 -----------
19 Creates an archive of the specified format containing the tree
20 structure for the named tree, and writes it out to the standard
21 output. If <prefix> is specified it is
22 prepended to the filenames in the archive.
24 'git archive' behaves differently when given a tree ID versus when
25 given a commit ID or tag ID. In the first case the current time is
26 used as the modification time of each file in the archive. In the latter
27 case the commit time as recorded in the referenced commit object is
28 used instead. Additionally the commit ID is stored in a global
29 extended pax header if the tar format is used; it can be extracted
30 using 'git get-tar-commit-id'. In ZIP files it is stored as a file
31 comment.
33 OPTIONS
34 -------
36 --format=<fmt>::
37 Format of the resulting archive: 'tar' or 'zip'. If this option
38 is not given, and the output file is specified, the format is
39 inferred from the filename if possible (e.g. writing to "foo.zip"
40 makes the output to be in the zip format). Otherwise the output
41 format is `tar`.
43 -l::
44 --list::
45 Show all available formats.
47 -v::
48 --verbose::
49 Report progress to stderr.
51 --prefix=<prefix>/::
52 Prepend <prefix>/ to each filename in the archive.
54 -o <file>::
55 --output=<file>::
56 Write the archive to <file> instead of stdout.
58 --worktree-attributes::
59 Look for attributes in .gitattributes in working directory too.
61 <extra>::
62 This can be any options that the archiver backend understands.
63 See next section.
65 --remote=<repo>::
66 Instead of making a tar archive from the local repository,
67 retrieve a tar archive from a remote repository.
69 --exec=<git-upload-archive>::
70 Used with --remote to specify the path to the
71 'git-upload-archive' on the remote side.
73 <tree-ish>::
74 The tree or commit to produce an archive for.
76 <path>::
77 Without an optional path parameter, all files and subdirectories
78 of the current working directory are included in the archive.
79 If one or more paths are specified, only these are included.
81 BACKEND EXTRA OPTIONS
82 ---------------------
84 zip
85 ~~~
86 -0::
87 Store the files instead of deflating them.
88 -9::
89 Highest and slowest compression level. You can specify any
90 number from 1 to 9 to adjust compression speed and ratio.
93 CONFIGURATION
94 -------------
96 tar.umask::
97 This variable can be used to restrict the permission bits of
98 tar archive entries. The default is 0002, which turns off the
99 world write bit. The special value "user" indicates that the
100 archiving user's umask will be used instead. See umask(2) for
101 details. If `--remote` is used then only the configuration of
102 the remote repository takes effect.
104 tar.<format>.command::
105 This variable specifies a shell command through which the tar
106 output generated by `git archive` should be piped. The command
107 is executed using the shell with the generated tar file on its
108 standard input, and should produce the final output on its
109 standard output. Any compression-level options will be passed
110 to the command (e.g., "-9"). An output file with the same
111 extension as `<format>` will be use this format if no other
112 format is given.
113 +
114 The "tar.gz" and "tgz" formats are defined automatically and default to
115 `gzip -cn`. You may override them with custom commands.
117 tar.<format>.remote::
118 If true, enable `<format>` for use by remote clients via
119 linkgit:git-upload-archive[1]. Defaults to false for
120 user-defined formats, but true for the "tar.gz" and "tgz"
121 formats.
123 ATTRIBUTES
124 ----------
126 export-ignore::
127 Files and directories with the attribute export-ignore won't be
128 added to archive files. See linkgit:gitattributes[5] for details.
130 export-subst::
131 If the attribute export-subst is set for a file then git will
132 expand several placeholders when adding this file to an archive.
133 See linkgit:gitattributes[5] for details.
135 Note that attributes are by default taken from the `.gitattributes` files
136 in the tree that is being archived. If you want to tweak the way the
137 output is generated after the fact (e.g. you committed without adding an
138 appropriate export-ignore in its `.gitattributes`), adjust the checked out
139 `.gitattributes` file as necessary and use `--worktree-attributes`
140 option. Alternatively you can keep necessary attributes that should apply
141 while archiving any tree in your `$GIT_DIR/info/attributes` file.
143 EXAMPLES
144 --------
145 `git archive --format=tar --prefix=junk/ HEAD | (cd /var/tmp/ && tar xf -)`::
147 Create a tar archive that contains the contents of the
148 latest commit on the current branch, and extract it in the
149 `/var/tmp/junk` directory.
151 `git archive --format=tar --prefix=git-1.4.0/ v1.4.0 | gzip >git-1.4.0.tar.gz`::
153 Create a compressed tarball for v1.4.0 release.
155 `git archive --format=tar.gz --prefix=git-1.4.0/ v1.4.0 >git-1.4.0.tar.gz`::
157 Same as above, but using the builtin tar.gz handling.
159 `git archive --prefix=git-1.4.0/ -o git-1.4.0.tar.gz v1.4.0`::
161 Same as above, but the format is inferred from the output file.
163 `git archive --format=tar --prefix=git-1.4.0/ v1.4.0{caret}\{tree\} | gzip >git-1.4.0.tar.gz`::
165 Create a compressed tarball for v1.4.0 release, but without a
166 global extended pax header.
168 `git archive --format=zip --prefix=git-docs/ HEAD:Documentation/ > git-1.4.0-docs.zip`::
170 Put everything in the current head's Documentation/ directory
171 into 'git-1.4.0-docs.zip', with the prefix 'git-docs/'.
173 `git archive -o latest.zip HEAD`::
175 Create a Zip archive that contains the contents of the latest
176 commit on the current branch. Note that the output format is
177 inferred by the extension of the output file.
179 `git config tar.tar.xz.command "xz -c"`::
181 Configure a "tar.xz" format for making LZMA-compressed tarfiles.
182 You can use it specifying `--format=tar.xz`, or by creating an
183 output file like `-o foo.tar.xz`.
186 SEE ALSO
187 --------
188 linkgit:gitattributes[5]
190 GIT
191 ---
192 Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite