--format option of git archive stops working if -- is used:
Shell session:
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$ git archive -o test3.zip --format=zip master -- exec_cmd.c
$ file test3.zip
test3.zip: POSIX tar archive
# Eh...
$ git archive -o test4.zip --format=zip master exec_cmd.c
$ file test4.zip
test4.zip: Zip archive data, at least v1.0 to extract
# That worked.
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The bug seems to be in that archive appends the --format
option to its arguments, not taking into account that there
may be -- before that point, disabling option interpretation.
Git version 1.6.6-rc2
-Ilari