The syntax for git-archive is different; warn about it in the deprecation message on the manual page. --- Documentation/git-tar-tree.txt | 2 +- 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/git-tar-tree.txt b/Documentation/git-tar-tree.txt index 5959405..7bde73b 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-tar-tree.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-tar-tree.txt @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ SYNOPSIS DESCRIPTION ----------- THIS COMMAND IS DEPRECATED. Use `git-archive` with `--format=tar` -option instead. +option instead (and move the <base> argument to `--prefix=base/`). Creates a tar archive containing the tree structure for the named tree. When <base> is specified it is added as a leading path to the files in the -- 1.5.1.1.175.g31e4 - 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