Hi, On Fri, 11 Jul 2008, Denis Bueno wrote: > I'm trying to use git archive to create a kind of "release" tarball of > my source. I've got a patch (a commit) that I'd like to apply to the > tree before I call git archive on HEAD. Currently my command is: > > git archive --format=tar --prefix=pfx/ HEAD | gzip > prj.tgz > > If I were to actually modify my tree & history, I'd change the command to: > > git cherry-pick 97a1235ce674f7cf4df3129cd0ab1ae0793db392 > git archive --format=tar --prefix=pfx/ HEAD | gzip > prj.tgz > git reset --hard HEAD^ > > But I'd rather not modify my history, if it's possible. (This will > create a bunch of dangling commit objects over time, no?) $ git cherry-pick -n <bla> $ git archive --format=tar --prefix=pfx/ $(git write-tree) | gzip > prj.tgz $ git reset Hth, Dscho -- 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