Am 26.11.2013 16:17, schrieb René Scharfe: > Am 26.11.2013 01:04, schrieb Nick Townsend: >> diff --git a/Documentation/git-archive.txt b/Documentation/git-archive.txt >> index b97aaab..b4df735 100644 >> --- a/Documentation/git-archive.txt >> +++ b/Documentation/git-archive.txt >> @@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ SYNOPSIS >> [verse] >> 'git archive' [--format=<fmt>] [--list] [--prefix=<prefix>/] [<extra>] >> [-o <file> | --output=<file>] [--worktree-attributes] >> + [--recursive|--recurse-submodules] > > I'd expect git archive --recurse to add subdirectories and their > contents, which it does right now, and --no-recurse to only archive the > specified objects, which is not implemented. IAW: I wouldn't normally > associate an option with that name with submodules. Would > --recurse-submodules alone suffice? It should. All new code recursing into submodules should not use --recursive but always --recurse-submodules, as --recursive means different things for different commands (the only exception being "git submodule", as --recursive is obvious here, and "git clone" for backward compatibility reasons). But I really like what these patches are aiming at. -- 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