* Lucas Sandery [off-list ref] [09-04-16 06:53]:
How do I make a "release" a copy (not a clone) of the repository that contains
only tracked files without .gitignore files? I am using git archive but the
resulting zip file still contains .gitignore files.
Have a look at the git-archive man page. You can exclude such files by
adding the export-ignore attribute to gitattributes.