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authorJohannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>2006-07-31 02:26:27 +0200
committerJunio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>2006-07-30 18:18:13 -0700
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tar-tree: illustrate an obscure feature better
Since you can tar just a subdirectory of a certain revision, tell the users so, by showing an example how to do it. Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
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diff --git a/Documentation/git-tar-tree.txt b/Documentation/git-tar-tree.txt
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@@ -71,6 +71,11 @@ git tar-tree --remote=example.com:git.git v1.4.0 >git-1.4.0.tar::
Get a tarball v1.4.0 from example.com.
+git tar-tree HEAD:Documentation/ git-docs > git-1.4.0-docs.tar::
+
+ Put everything in the current head's Documentation/ directory
+ into 'git-1.4.0-docs.tar', with the prefix 'git-docs/'.
+
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