I'm using git on windows 7. $ git --version git version 1.9.4.msysgit.0 Some days ago I uploaded a latex package to CTAN (www.ctan.org). I created the zip-file with git archive --format=zip --prefix=citeall/ --output=zip/citeall_2015-02-20.zip HEAD The zip contained four text files and a pdf. The CTAN maintainers informed me that all files in the zip are flagged as binaries and this makes it difficult for them to process them further (they want to correct line feeds of the text files: http://mirror.ctan.org/tex-archive/help/ctan/CTAN-upload-addendum.html#crlf) unzip -Z reports for my zip: $ unzip -Z citeall_2015_02_20.zip Archive: citeall_2015_02_20.zip Zip file size: 105509 bytes, number of entries: 6 drwx--- 0.0 fat 0 bx stor 15-Feb-20 17:07 citeall/ -rw---- 0.0 fat 458 bx defN 15-Feb-20 17:07 citeall/README -rw---- 0.0 fat 102244 bx defN 15-Feb-20 17:07 citeall/citeall.pdf -rw---- 0.0 fat 3431 bx defN 15-Feb-20 17:07 citeall/citeall.sty -rw---- 0.0 fat 3971 bx defN 15-Feb-20 17:07 citeall/citeall.tex -rw---- 0.0 fat 557 bx defN 15-Feb-20 17:07 citeall/examples-citeall.bib 6 files, 110661 bytes uncompressed, 104669 bytes compressed: 5.4% The problem are all the "bx" entries. When I zip all the files with the standard windows zip-tool I get this: $ unzip -Z citeall-win.zip Archive: citeall-win.zip Zip file size: 105275 bytes, number of entries: 5 -rw---- 2.0 fat 102244 b- defN 15-Feb-20 17:07 citeall/citeall.pdf -rw---- 2.0 fat 3431 t- defN 15-Feb-20 17:07 citeall/citeall.sty -rw---- 2.0 fat 3971 t- defN 15-Feb-20 17:07 citeall/citeall.tex -rw---- 2.0 fat 557 t- defN 15-Feb-20 17:07 citeall/examples-citeall.bib -rw---- 2.0 fat 458 t- defN 15-Feb-20 17:07 citeall/README 5 files, 110661 bytes uncompressed, 104675 bytes compressed: 5.4% Here the text files have a correct t flag. I don't know if it the problem exists also with zips created with git archive on non-windows OS. Would it be possible to correct the zip-backend so that it flags text files correctly? Or alternativly could one configure git archive to use another zip programm? (I tried to sent this already some hours ago, but the message seems to be lost ...) -- Ulrike Fischer http://www.troubleshooting-tex.de/ -- 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