Re: [Feature Request] git export

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Thomas Koch venit, vidit, dixit 10.08.2009 18:22:
> could you please provide a simple solution to save a tree object into an 
> arbitrary location?
> I found some hints, that it would be possible by missusing either git 
> checkout-index or git-archive, but I think that it shouldn't require that much 
> GIT FU to do such a simple thing.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Thomas Koch, http://www.koch.ro

To serve you with an explicit command line, it's really only

git archive HEAD | tar -C wheretoexport/ -xf-

which you need to issue from within your git repo. Instead of HEAD, you
can use any "treeish", for example the name of a branch, which need not
be checked out. You can add path arguments after the treeish if you want
to export only parts of your repo.

Note that in true unix philosophy, git archive does the (git specific)
exporting only and leaves the importing into the file system (saving) to
the proper tool. I mean, would you rather use cp -r or pipes with tar
-x/tar -c or cpio -i/-o in order to copy a tree? ;)

Cheers,
Michael
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