Heya, On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 21:46, John Tapsell <johnflux@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > That could be fixed by outputting to a file. git format-patch outputs > to a file, so why wouldn't git achieve? Because git format-patch works on a per-patch basis, and patches inherently have a 'name' (the first line of the commit message), an entire repository does not, so one would have to resort to arbitrary names such as 'archive.tar.gz' or such. -- Cheers, Sverre Rabbelier -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html