Stefan Beller <sbeller@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: > On Mon, Mar 13, 2017 at 3:12 PM, Stefan Beller <sbeller@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >>> will recursively traverse submodules in the repository and >>> consider their contents for inclusion in the output archive, subject to >>> any pathspec filters. > > git-archive pays attention to export-ignore and export-subst attribute > as read from .gitattributes or $GIT_DIR/info/attributes > > When recursing into submodules, we'd need to clarify if the attributes > from the superproject or from the submodules are applied; or both. I think the most natural expectation is for the output from the "archive --recurse-submodules" command is to be logical concatenation of "archive" run at the top-level and submodules, adjusting the output from the latter with leading paths to the submodules. For that to happen, the attributes that apply to paths inside a submodule must come from that submodule's setting.