Merge branch 'em/checkout-orphan'

[git.git] / Documentation / git-archive.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/git-archive.txt b/Documentation/git-archive.txt
index bc132c87e1a5b9f42ea1f2bbd4e3c46f67fc3852..8d3e66626f7561b0ba7f8140288cfc15167bdc14 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-archive.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-archive.txt
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ git-archive - Create an archive of files from a named tree
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
 [verse]
-'git archive' --format=<fmt> [--list] [--prefix=<prefix>/] [<extra>]
-             [--output=<file>] [--worktree-attributes]
+'git archive' [--format=<fmt>] [--list] [--prefix=<prefix>/] [<extra>]
+             [-o | --output=<file>] [--worktree-attributes]
              [--remote=<repo> [--exec=<git-upload-archive>]] <tree-ish>
              [path...]
 
@@ -21,21 +21,24 @@ 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
+'git archive' behaves differently when given a tree ID versus when
 given a commit ID or tag ID.  In the first case the current time is
 used as the modification time of each file in the archive.  In the latter
 case the commit time as recorded in the referenced commit object is
 used instead.  Additionally the commit ID is stored in a global
 extended pax header if the tar format is used; it can be extracted
-using 'git-get-tar-commit-id'. In ZIP files it is stored as a file
+using 'git get-tar-commit-id'. In ZIP files it is stored as a file
 comment.
 
 OPTIONS
 -------
 
 --format=<fmt>::
-       Format of the resulting archive: 'tar' or 'zip'.  The default
-       is 'tar'.
+       Format of the resulting archive: 'tar' or 'zip'. If this option
+       is not given, and the output file is specified, the format is
+       inferred from the filename if possible (e.g. writing to "foo.zip"
+       makes the output to be in the zip format). Otherwise the output
+       format is `tar`.
 
 -l::
 --list::
@@ -48,6 +51,7 @@ OPTIONS
 --prefix=<prefix>/::
        Prepend <prefix>/ to each filename in the archive.
 
+-o <file>::
 --output=<file>::
        Write the archive to <file> instead of stdout.
 
@@ -70,8 +74,9 @@ OPTIONS
        The tree or commit to produce an archive for.
 
 path::
-       If one or more paths are specified, include only these in the
-       archive, otherwise include all files and subdirectories.
+       Without an optional path parameter, all files and subdirectories
+       of the current working directory are included in the archive.
+       If one or more paths are specified, only these are included.
 
 BACKEND EXTRA OPTIONS
 ---------------------
@@ -107,6 +112,14 @@ export-subst::
        expand several placeholders when adding this file to an archive.
        See linkgit:gitattributes[5] for details.
 
+Note that attributes are by default taken from the `.gitattributes` files
+in the tree that is being archived.  If you want to tweak the way the
+output is generated after the fact (e.g. you committed without adding an
+appropriate export-ignore in its `.gitattributes`), adjust the checked out
+`.gitattributes` file as necessary and use `--work-tree-attributes`
+option.  Alternatively you can keep necessary attributes that should apply
+while archiving any tree in your `$GIT_DIR/info/attributes` file.
+
 EXAMPLES
 --------
 git archive --format=tar --prefix=junk/ HEAD | (cd /var/tmp/ && tar xf -)::
@@ -129,6 +142,12 @@ git archive --format=zip --prefix=git-docs/ HEAD:Documentation/ > git-1.4.0-docs
        Put everything in the current head's Documentation/ directory
        into 'git-1.4.0-docs.zip', with the prefix 'git-docs/'.
 
+git archive -o latest.zip HEAD::
+
+       Create a Zip archive that contains the contents of the latest
+       commit on the current branch. Note that the output format is
+       inferred by the extension of the output file.
+
 
 SEE ALSO
 --------