Hi Phillip,
thanks for your insightful advice.
Ondra
On Tue, 14 May 2024 at 12:07, <phillip.wood123@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hi Ondra
>
> On 14/05/2024 07:29, Ondra Medek wrote:
> > Hi Phillip,
> >
> > your trick with different index file works with git checkout, too, e.g.
> >
> > GIT_INDEX_FILE="$destdir"/.git git --work-tree="$destdir" checkout -f
> > -q "$commit" -- ./
> > rm -f "$destdir"/.git
>
> I'd not thought of that, presumably "git restore" would work as well.
> Using "./" means it will only work from the repository root, you can use
> the pathmagic ":/" instead to checkout everything when it is run from a
> subdirectory but you need to make sure GIT_INDEX_FILE is an absolute path.
>
> Best Wishes
>
> Phillip
>
> > Sincerely
> > Ondra
> >
> > On Mon, 13 May 2024 at 19:23, Ondra Medek <xmedeko@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi Phillip,
> >>
> >> besides dependency on tar, I do not want to use git-archive because
> >> it's influenced by export-ignore and export-subst attributes, too (as
> >> I have mentioned).
> >>
> >> Thanks for git read-tree, seems it's exactly what I need. Just git
> >> read-tree has complained that -u switch needs -m or --reset switches.
> >> And I have simplified it to
> >>
> >> git --work-tree="$destdir" read-tree --index-output="$destdir".git -u
> >> --reset "$commit"
> >> rm -f "$destdir"/.git
> >>
> >> May I post this solution to the SO thread I have mentioned?
> >>
> >> Thanks very much
> >>
> >> Ondra
> >>
> >> On Mon, 13 May 2024 at 17:28, Phillip Wood <phillip.wood123@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Hi Ondra
> >>>
> >>> On 13/05/2024 08:26, Ondra Medek wrote:
> >>>> Hello,
> >>>> I need a simple script for unskilled users to do a fast checkout (LFS
> >>>> friendly) of the current local Git clone at a certain commit to a
> >>>> different directory I.e. something like "copy at a point in history".
> >>>
> >>> I think using
> >>>
> >>> git archive "$commit" --format=tar |
> >>> { cd "$output_directory" && tar -xf -; }
> >>>
> >>> is probably the simplest solution. If you don't want to rely on tar then
> >>> something like
> >>>
> >>> GIT_DIR="$(git rev-parse --path-format=absolute --git-dir)" &&
> >>> GIT_COMMON_DIR="$(git rev-parse --path-format=absolute
> >>> --git-common-dir)" || exit
> >>> GIT_INDEX_FILE="$GIT_DIR/tmp-index-$$"
> >>> export GIT_DIR GIT_COMMON_DIR GIT_INDEX_FILE
> >>> unset GIT_WORK_TREE
> >>> mkdir "$output_directory" && cd "$output_directory" &&
> >>> git read-tree -u "$commit"
> >>> status=$?
> >>> rm "$GIT_INDEX_FILE"
> >>> exit $status
> >>>
> >>> Which uses a temporary index file should work (note I haven't tested
> >>> it). You may want to add "--recurse-submodules" and/or
> >>> "--no-sparse-checkout" to the "git read-tree" commandline.
> >>>
> >>> Best Wishes
> >>>
> >>> Phillip
> >>>
> >>>> IMO all possible solutions are summarized in this thread
> >>>> https://stackoverflow.com/questions/160608/do-a-git-export-like-svn-export
> >>>> I describe some of them with my remarks:
> >>>>
> >>>> - git checkout-index : works with HEAD only.
> >>>> - git archive: influenced by export-ignore and export-subst
> >>>> attributes, so may not produce exact copy of sources. (And needs tar).
> >>>> - git worktree add -d : needs cleanup: git prune or git remove.
> >>>> - git clone: Unfortunately, -b param cannot work with commit hash and
> >>>> does not respect local worktree settings (e.g. autocrlf). So, a
> >>>> solution may be a bit complicated: git clone -s -n . dest/path ; cp
> >>>> .git/config dest/path/.git ; cd dest/path ; git co -q <commit-ish> ;
> >>>> rm -rf .git
> >>>> - git checkout: Unfortunately, modifies Git index, so some action to
> >>>> revert index is necessary after: git --work-tree=/path/to/checkout/
> >>>> checkout -f -q <tree-ish> -- ./
> >>>>
> >>>> For me, the best solution is with git clone, because it does not
> >>>> modify Git index nor any source working tree settings, so no cleanup
> >>>> is necessary. But it's a bit complicated, though. It seems to me that
> >>>> "git checkout" could do this better and simpler if it would have some
> >>>> param to not modify the Git index. Is it possible to enhance git
> >>>> checkout? Or is there any other simple solution not mentioned in the
> >>>> SO thread?
> >>>>
> >>>> Thank you
> >>>> Ondra Medek
> >>>>
