Re: Git archive and trailing "/" in prefix

Junio C Hamano wrote:

Sergio Callegari [off-list ref] writes:

  

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The git-archive man page indicates that if the --prefix option is passed to
git-archive, it is compulsory to end the prefix with a "/"
    

No, it does not have to.

	$ git archive --prefix=v1.6.0- v1.6.0 Makefile | tar xf -
	$ make -f v1.6.0-Makefile
  

Thanks... I now see better all the possible uses.

This is consistent with the way the same --prefix option can be used with
checkout-index.  e.g. to swap Makefile in work tree and in the index:

	$ edit Makefile
	$ git checkout-index --prefix=old- Makefile
	$ git update-index Makefile
        $ mv old-Makefile Makefile

These may or may not be useful examples, but this feature has been with us
for a long time.  I wouldn't be surprised if removing the ability to
archive or checkout with filename prefix (not leading directory path
prefix) causes grief to existing scripts of people.
  

That's why I asked btw. I did not want to start experimenting 
modification like auto adding a "/"
after the prefix without knowing whether they could have limited some 
other uses or broken some
consistency. I now see they would do.

I guess the bug in using --prefix on a worktree with subdirs without 
specifying a path is not specific
to git archive, then.

Sergio