Dmitry Potapov schrieb: > I have never run "git archive" inside of a subdirectory but somehow I > have always assumed that it creates an archive containing all files in > it regardless the current directory. In fact, the git-archive man page > says so: > > path > If one or more paths are specified, include only these in the > archive, otherwise include all files and subdirectories. This sentence doesn't specify whose files and subdirectories are to be included -- those in the repository's root or those in the current directory. Let's fix that. -- >8 -- Subject: archive: clarify description of path parameter Mention that path parameters are based on the current working directory. Signed-off-by: Rene Scharfe <rene.scharfe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> -- Documentation/git-archive.txt | 5 +++-- 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/git-archive.txt b/Documentation/git-archive.txt index 3d1c1e7..e579791 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-archive.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-archive.txt @@ -74,8 +74,9 @@ OPTIONS The tree or commit to produce an archive for. path:: - If one or more paths are specified, include only these in the - archive, otherwise include all files and subdirectories. + Without an optional path parameter, all files and subdirectories + of the current working directory are included in the archive. + If one or more paths are specified, only these are included. BACKEND EXTRA OPTIONS --------------------- -- 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