Hello Brian, > dist: > git archive HEAD > dist.tar > git describe HEAD > version-file > tar rf dist.tar version-file > gzip dist.tar to be precise that was my first idea when I started the whole discussion. But I like the patch from Rene much more than that. Because I want to use it with gitweb and it is definitevly easier to use realize that with Renes patch. Thomas - 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