On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 10:44 AM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Ping Yin <pkufranky@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > >> I want to exclude .gitignore from the archive, but hasn't find a easy way >> >> Ping Yin > > "man gitattributes", then look for export-ignore? > > Thanks. That's exactly what i want. One question: It seems the .gitattributes doesn't take effect when using following command GIT_DIR=A/.git git archive HEAD > A.tar where the files with attribute export-ignore are still exported. Instead, i have to run cd A && git archive HEAD > A.tar Ping Yin -- 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