Git 1.8.2.1 includes commit bd54cf17 - archive: handle commits with an empty tree Test 2 of t5004-archive-corner-cases, "tar archive of empty tree is empty", fails on Mac OS X 10.8.3 (with XCode 4.6.1) since the tar command exits with return code 1 on the generated tar file. expecting success: git archive --format=tar HEAD >empty.tar && make_dir extract && "$TAR" xf empty.tar -C extract && check_dir extract tar: Damaged tar archive tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors. not ok 2 - tar archive of empty tree is empty tar tf "trash directory.t5004-archive-corner-cases/empty.tar"; echo $? tar: Damaged tar archive tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors. 1 tar --version bsdtar 2.8.3 - libarchive 2.8.3 It appears that bsdtar does not like the empty tar files created by git archive. An empty tar file created by bsdtar is accepted. tar cT /dev/null | tar t; echo $? 0 -- BJ Hargrave -- 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