X-Git-Url: https://git.tokkee.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=Documentation%2Fgit-archive.txt;h=d3eaa16af122b8f048d09ba6f7ba5a1932f59e80;hb=31a3c6bb45aa61e45f1663871620eaf742f0abbb;hp=f2080eb6ad35282107fd5500eb9cba9290497cb9;hpb=4e837a98b65fbe0c83376cae5167605b771421d8;p=git.git

diff --git a/Documentation/git-archive.txt b/Documentation/git-archive.txt
index f2080eb6a..d3eaa16af 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-archive.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-archive.txt
@@ -10,12 +10,14 @@ SYNOPSIS
 --------
 [verse]
 'git-archive' --format=<fmt> [--list] [--prefix=<prefix>/] [<extra>]
-	      [--remote=<repo>] <tree-ish> [path...]
+	      [--remote=<repo> [--exec=<git-upload-archive>]] <tree-ish>
+	      [path...]
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
 Creates an archive of the specified format containing the tree
-structure for the named tree.  If <prefix> is specified it is
+structure for the named tree, and writes it out to the standard
+output.  If <prefix> is specified it is
 prepended to the filenames in the archive.
 
 'git-archive' behaves differently when given a tree ID versus when
@@ -31,7 +33,7 @@ OPTIONS
 -------
 
 --format=<fmt>::
-	Format of the resulting archive: 'tar', 'zip'...  The default
+	Format of the resulting archive: 'tar' or 'zip'.  The default
 	is 'tar'.
 
 --list, -l::
@@ -51,6 +53,10 @@ OPTIONS
 	Instead of making a tar archive from local repository,
 	retrieve a tar archive from a remote repository.
 
+--exec=<git-upload-archive>::
+	Used with --remote to specify the path to the
+	git-upload-archive executable on the remote side.
+
 <tree-ish>::
 	The tree or commit to produce an archive for.
 
@@ -112,4 +118,4 @@ Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel
 
 GIT
 ---
-Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite
+Part of the linkgit:git[7] suite