Re: [PATCH v2 15/15] user-manual: Use --format=tar.gz to create a gzipped tarball

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Re: [PATCH v2 15/15] user-manual: Use --format=tar.gz to create a gzipped tarball

From: Junio C Hamano <hidden>
Date: 2016-06-15 22:56:07

"W. Trevor King" [off-list ref] writes:
On Sun, Feb 10, 2013 at 02:27:08PM -0800, Junio C Hamano wrote:
quoted
This is a "meh" at least to me.  Unless it uses something like

	git archive -o latest.tar.gz --prefix=project/ HEAD
        
it is not all that interesting.
Great suggestion.  My original goal was to remove the pipe, but if we
can remove the redirection too, that's one less POSIX-ism for newbies
to wonder about ;).
I was referring to more about the implicit format recognition not
pipe.

Re: [PATCH v2 15/15] user-manual: Use --format=tar.gz to create a gzipped tarball

From: W. Trevor King <hidden>
Date: 2016-06-15 22:56:07

On Sun, Feb 10, 2013 at 02:52:23PM -0800, Junio C Hamano wrote:
"W. Trevor King" [off-list ref] writes:
quoted
On Sun, Feb 10, 2013 at 02:27:08PM -0800, Junio C Hamano wrote:
quoted
This is a "meh" at least to me.  Unless it uses something like

	git archive -o latest.tar.gz --prefix=project/ HEAD
        
it is not all that interesting.
Great suggestion.  My original goal was to remove the pipe, but if we
can remove the redirection too, that's one less POSIX-ism for newbies
to wonder about ;).
I was referring to more about the implicit format recognition not
pipe.
I'll mention it when I'm linking them to git-archive(1) ;).  I think
the goal in the manual should be to show people that the functionality
exists and is not scary.  Explaining the actual implementation details
and assorted usage details is best left to command-specific
documentation.

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