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+git-archive(1)
+==============
+
+NAME
+----
+git-archive - Create an archive of files from a named tree
+
+
+SYNOPSIS
+--------
+[verse]
+'git archive' [--format=<fmt>] [--list] [--prefix=<prefix>/] [<extra>]
+ [-o | --output=<file>] [--worktree-attributes]
+ [--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, 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
+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
+comment.
+
+OPTIONS
+-------
+
+--format=<fmt>::
+ 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::
+ Show all available formats.
+
+-v::
+--verbose::
+ Report progress to stderr.
+
+--prefix=<prefix>/::
+ Prepend <prefix>/ to each filename in the archive.
+
+-o <file>::
+--output=<file>::
+ Write the archive to <file> instead of stdout.
+
+--worktree-attributes::
+ Look for attributes in .gitattributes in working directory too.
+
+<extra>::
+ This can be any options that the archiver backend understands.
+ See next section.
+
+--remote=<repo>::
+ Instead of making a tar archive from the 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' on the remote side.
+
+<tree-ish>::
+ The tree or commit to produce an archive for.
+
+path::
+ 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
+---------------------
+
+zip
+~~~
+-0::
+ Store the files instead of deflating them.
+-9::
+ Highest and slowest compression level. You can specify any
+ number from 1 to 9 to adjust compression speed and ratio.
+
+
+CONFIGURATION
+-------------
+
+tar.umask::
+ This variable can be used to restrict the permission bits of
+ tar archive entries. The default is 0002, which turns off the
+ world write bit. The special value "user" indicates that the
+ archiving user's umask will be used instead. See umask(2) for
+ details.
+
+ATTRIBUTES
+----------
+
+export-ignore::
+ Files and directories with the attribute export-ignore won't be
+ added to archive files. See linkgit:gitattributes[5] for details.
+
+export-subst::
+ If the attribute export-subst is set for a file then git will
+ 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 -)::
+
+ Create a tar archive that contains the contents of the
+ latest commit on the current branch, and extract it in the
+ `/var/tmp/junk` directory.
+
+git archive --format=tar --prefix=git-1.4.0/ v1.4.0 | gzip >git-1.4.0.tar.gz::
+
+ Create a compressed tarball for v1.4.0 release.
+
+git archive --format=tar --prefix=git-1.4.0/ v1.4.0{caret}\{tree\} | gzip >git-1.4.0.tar.gz::
+
+ Create a compressed tarball for v1.4.0 release, but without a
+ global extended pax header.
+
+git archive --format=zip --prefix=git-docs/ HEAD:Documentation/ > git-1.4.0-docs.zip::
+
+ 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
+--------
+linkgit:gitattributes[5]
+
+Author
+------
+Written by Franck Bui-Huu and Rene Scharfe.
+
+Documentation
+--------------
+Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
+
+GIT
+---
+Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite