From: Don Zickus on gitlab.com https://gitlab.com/cki-project/kernel-ark/-/merge_requests/968#note_527319600 > > > > Thorsten Leemhuis started a new discussion on redhat/scripts/ci/ark- create-release.sh: https://gitlab.com/cki-project/kernel- ark/-/merge_requests/968#note_527013197 > > > git checkout ark-latest > > git reset --hard "$RELEASE" > > > > +# Create ark-infra branch > > +# Save the files needed > > +tar -cf tmp.tar makefile Makefile.rhelver redhat/ > > + > > +git checkout ark-infra > > +git reset --hard master > > + > > +tar -xf tmp.tar > > FWIW; I think you can avoid creating and extracting a tmp tar file like this: > > `git archive --format=tar ark-latest makefile Makefile.rhelver redhat/ | tar -x` Nice! Let me try that. Thanks for the tip! > > /me suspects someone will come around the corner and say 'you can even directly checkout the files like this…', but couldn't find a way to do that Yeah I think there is a git-cat-file that does something like that. Not sure if it works for directories. Let work with your git-archive command for now. _______________________________________________ kernel mailing list -- kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to kernel-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Do not reply to spam on the list, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure