# Re: \[PATCH\] git-archive: accept --owner and --group like GNU tar

- From: suzuki toshiya \<hidden\>
- Date: 2018-01-05 04:23:18 
- List: git
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/git/2018/01/7748438
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/git/2018/01/7748438/t.md

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Dear Junio,

Could you tell me your thought about the way for me to go?
Do you agree with his suggestion; "--uid etc is not the right
solution, --include-untracked is better and generic" ? Or,
should I work "--uid etc" further?

Regards,
mpsuzuki

Junio C Hamano wrote:
> René Scharfe [ref] writes:
>
>> I don't know if it's a good idea, but perhaps we don't even need a new
>> option.  We could change how pathspecs of untracked files are handled:
>> Instead of aborting we could include them in the archive.  (Sounds like
>> the simplest possible interface, but may have practical problems.)
>
> One practical problem is that users who do this
>
>     $ git archive HEAD Documentation/ | tar tf -
>
> would be expecting (at least) two different things, depending on the
> situation they are in.
>
> So at least you'd need an "--include-untracked" option, I guess.
>

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