2008/4/9, René Scharfe <rene.scharfe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > Ulrik Sverdrup noticed that git-archive doesn't correctly apply the attribute > export-subst when the option --prefix is given, too. > > When it checked if a file has the attribute turned on, git-archive would try > to look up the full path -- including the prefix -- in .gitattributes. That's > wrong, as the prefix doesn't need to have any relation to any existing > directories, tracked or not. > > This patch makes git-archive ignore the prefix when looking up if value of the > attribute export-subst for a file. > > Signed-off-by: Rene Scharfe <rene.scharfe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > --- > Ulrik, does this patch fix the problem for you? It applies to v1.5.4.4 and > v1.5.5 equally. Thanks for the patch René! First I reproduced my problem on vanilla git v1.5.5, and it is still there as in v.1.5.4.4. I applied this patch and that fixed my issue, testing both tar and zip. Ulrik Sverdrup -- 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