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diff --git a/Documentation/git-get-tar-commit-id.txt b/Documentation/git-get-tar-commit-id.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..1e2a20d --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/git-get-tar-commit-id.txt @@ -0,0 +1,28 @@ +git-get-tar-commit-id(1) +======================== + +NAME +---- +git-get-tar-commit-id - Extract commit ID from an archive created using git-archive + + +SYNOPSIS +-------- +[verse] +'git get-tar-commit-id' < <tarfile> + + +DESCRIPTION +----------- +Acts as a filter, extracting the commit ID stored in archives created by +'git archive'. It reads only the first 1024 bytes of input, thus its +runtime is not influenced by the size of <tarfile> very much. + +If no commit ID is found, 'git get-tar-commit-id' quietly exists with a +return code of 1. This can happen if <tarfile> had not been created +using 'git archive' or if the first parameter of 'git archive' had been +a tree ID instead of a commit ID or tag. + +GIT +--- +Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite |