On Wed, Aug 03, 2011 at 07:25:32PM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote: > > Actually, it is relevant for zip, too. The option should really be > > called "--no-commit-id" or something similar. I don't think it's as big > > a deal with zip (because there is no compatibility issue), but you may > > want to omit the header for other reasons (e.g., because you know it > > doesn't point to a commit that is public). > > Hmm, perhaps. It indeed is an implementation detail of the tar backend > that the commit object name is stored in pax header, so --no-commit-id > might make sense from "git" point of view, but from the point of view of > OP that started this thread, he wouldn't care what that extra information > is --- it can be a commit object name or it can be phase of the moon when > the archive was made --- he just wants the extra header dropped. > > So I dunno. If the intent of the option is "write plain-vanilla ustar" (I really hope it doesn't need to be "plain-vanilla 4.3BSD tar"), then I think we would do better to have a new --format type. Because from the OP's perspective, it's not "drop this header that I don't like" but "make something compatible with older versions of tar". -Peff -- 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