Re: git cherry-pick before archive

Johannes Schindelin [off-list ref] writes:

Hi,

On Fri, 11 Jul 2008, Denis Bueno wrote:

quoted

I'm trying to use git archive to create a kind of "release" tarball of
my source.  I've got a patch (a commit) that I'd like to apply to the
tree before I call git archive on HEAD.  Currently my command is:

    git archive --format=tar --prefix=pfx/ HEAD | gzip > prj.tgz

If I were to actually modify my tree & history, I'd change the command to:

    git cherry-pick 97a1235ce674f7cf4df3129cd0ab1ae0793db392
    git archive --format=tar --prefix=pfx/ HEAD | gzip > prj.tgz
    git reset --hard HEAD^

But I'd rather not modify my history, if it's possible.  (This will
create a bunch of dangling commit objects over time, no?)

$ git cherry-pick -n <bla>
$ git archive --format=tar --prefix=pfx/ $(git write-tree) | gzip > prj.tgz
$ git reset

That will create a bunch of dangling tree objects over time, yes.