Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@xxxxxx> writes: > 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 That will create a bunch of dangling tree objects over time, yes. -- 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
