6 git-archive - Create an archive of files from a named tree
12 'git archive' [--format=<fmt>] [--list] [--prefix=<prefix>/] [<extra>]
13 [-o <file> | --output=<file>] [--worktree-attributes]
14 [--remote=<repo> [--exec=<git-upload-archive>]] <tree-ish>
19 Creates an archive of the specified format containing the tree
20 structure for the named tree, and writes it out to the standard
21 output. If <prefix> is specified it is
22 prepended to the filenames in the archive.
24 'git archive' behaves differently when given a tree ID versus when
25 given a commit ID or tag ID. In the first case the current time is
26 used as the modification time of each file in the archive. In the latter
27 case the commit time as recorded in the referenced commit object is
28 used instead. Additionally the commit ID is stored in a global
29 extended pax header if the tar format is used; it can be extracted
30 using 'git get-tar-commit-id'. In ZIP files it is stored as a file
37 Format of the resulting archive. Possible values are `tar`,
38 `zip`, `tar.gz`, `tgz`, and any format defined using the
39 configuration option `tar.<format>.command`. If `--format`
40 is not given, and the output file is specified, the format is
41 inferred from the filename if possible (e.g. writing to `foo.zip`
42 makes the output to be in the `zip` format). Otherwise the output
47 Show all available formats.
51 Report progress to stderr.
54 Prepend <prefix>/ to paths in the archive. Can be repeated; its
55 rightmost value is used for all tracked files. See below which
56 value gets used by `--add-file` and `--add-virtual-file`.
60 Write the archive to <file> instead of stdout.
63 Add a non-tracked file to the archive. Can be repeated to add
64 multiple files. The path of the file in the archive is built by
65 concatenating the value of the last `--prefix` option (if any)
66 before this `--add-file` and the basename of <file>.
68 --add-virtual-file=<path>:<content>::
69 Add the specified contents to the archive. Can be repeated to add
70 multiple files. The path of the file in the archive is built
71 by concatenating the value of the last `--prefix` option (if any)
72 before this `--add-virtual-file` and `<path>`.
74 The `<path>` argument can start and end with a literal double-quote
75 character; the contained file name is interpreted as a C-style string,
76 i.e. the backslash is interpreted as escape character. The path must
77 be quoted if it contains a colon, to avoid the colon from being
78 misinterpreted as the separator between the path and the contents, or
79 if the path begins or ends with a double-quote character.
81 The file mode is limited to a regular file, and the option may be
82 subject to platform-dependent command-line limits. For non-trivial
83 cases, write an untracked file and use `--add-file` instead.
85 --worktree-attributes::
86 Look for attributes in .gitattributes files in the working tree
87 as well (see <<ATTRIBUTES>>).
90 This can be any options that the archiver backend understands.
94 Instead of making a tar archive from the local repository,
95 retrieve a tar archive from a remote repository. Note that the
96 remote repository may place restrictions on which sha1
97 expressions may be allowed in `<tree-ish>`. See
98 linkgit:git-upload-archive[1] for details.
100 --exec=<git-upload-archive>::
101 Used with --remote to specify the path to the
102 'git-upload-archive' on the remote side.
105 The tree or commit to produce an archive for.
108 Without an optional path parameter, all files and subdirectories
109 of the current working directory are included in the archive.
110 If one or more paths are specified, only these are included.
112 BACKEND EXTRA OPTIONS
113 ---------------------
118 Specify compression level. Larger values allow the command
119 to spend more time to compress to smaller size. Supported
120 values are from `-0` (store-only) to `-9` (best ratio).
121 Default is `-6` if not given.
126 Specify compression level. The value will be passed to the
127 compression command configured in `tar.<format>.command`. See
128 manual page of the configured command for the list of supported
129 levels and the default level if this option isn't specified.
135 This variable can be used to restrict the permission bits of
136 tar archive entries. The default is 0002, which turns off the
137 world write bit. The special value "user" indicates that the
138 archiving user's umask will be used instead. See umask(2) for
139 details. If `--remote` is used then only the configuration of
140 the remote repository takes effect.
142 tar.<format>.command::
143 This variable specifies a shell command through which the tar
144 output generated by `git archive` should be piped. The command
145 is executed using the shell with the generated tar file on its
146 standard input, and should produce the final output on its
147 standard output. Any compression-level options will be passed
148 to the command (e.g., `-9`).
150 The `tar.gz` and `tgz` formats are defined automatically and use the
151 magic command `git archive gzip` by default, which invokes an internal
152 implementation of gzip.
154 tar.<format>.remote::
155 If true, enable the format for use by remote clients via
156 linkgit:git-upload-archive[1]. Defaults to false for
157 user-defined formats, but true for the `tar.gz` and `tgz`
165 Files and directories with the attribute export-ignore won't be
166 added to archive files. See linkgit:gitattributes[5] for details.
169 If the attribute export-subst is set for a file then Git will
170 expand several placeholders when adding this file to an archive.
171 See linkgit:gitattributes[5] for details.
173 Note that attributes are by default taken from the `.gitattributes` files
174 in the tree that is being archived. If you want to tweak the way the
175 output is generated after the fact (e.g. you committed without adding an
176 appropriate export-ignore in its `.gitattributes`), adjust the checked out
177 `.gitattributes` file as necessary and use `--worktree-attributes`
178 option. Alternatively you can keep necessary attributes that should apply
179 while archiving any tree in your `$GIT_DIR/info/attributes` file.
183 `git archive --format=tar --prefix=junk/ HEAD | (cd /var/tmp/ && tar xf -)`::
185 Create a tar archive that contains the contents of the
186 latest commit on the current branch, and extract it in the
187 `/var/tmp/junk` directory.
189 `git archive --format=tar --prefix=git-1.4.0/ v1.4.0 | gzip >git-1.4.0.tar.gz`::
191 Create a compressed tarball for v1.4.0 release.
193 `git archive --format=tar.gz --prefix=git-1.4.0/ v1.4.0 >git-1.4.0.tar.gz`::
195 Same as above, but using the builtin tar.gz handling.
197 `git archive --prefix=git-1.4.0/ -o git-1.4.0.tar.gz v1.4.0`::
199 Same as above, but the format is inferred from the output file.
201 `git archive --format=tar --prefix=git-1.4.0/ v1.4.0^{tree} | gzip >git-1.4.0.tar.gz`::
203 Create a compressed tarball for v1.4.0 release, but without a
204 global extended pax header.
206 `git archive --format=zip --prefix=git-docs/ HEAD:Documentation/ > git-1.4.0-docs.zip`::
208 Put everything in the current head's Documentation/ directory
209 into 'git-1.4.0-docs.zip', with the prefix 'git-docs/'.
211 `git archive -o latest.zip HEAD`::
213 Create a Zip archive that contains the contents of the latest
214 commit on the current branch. Note that the output format is
215 inferred by the extension of the output file.
217 `git archive -o latest.tar --prefix=build/ --add-file=configure --prefix= HEAD`::
219 Creates a tar archive that contains the contents of the latest
220 commit on the current branch with no prefix and the untracked
221 file 'configure' with the prefix 'build/'.
223 `git config tar.tar.xz.command "xz -c"`::
225 Configure a "tar.xz" format for making LZMA-compressed tarfiles.
226 You can use it specifying `--format=tar.xz`, or by creating an
227 output file like `-o foo.tar.xz`.
232 linkgit:gitattributes[5]
236 Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite