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authorJunio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>2006-06-07 11:15:10 -0700
committerJunio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>2006-06-07 11:49:35 -0700
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Documentation: add missing docs make check-docs found.
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
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@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ git-tar-tree - Creates a tar archive of the files in the named tree
SYNOPSIS
--------
-'git-tar-tree' <tree-ish> [ <base> ]
+'git-tar-tree' [--remote=<repo>] <tree-ish> [ <base> ]
DESCRIPTION
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@@ -23,6 +23,35 @@ commit time as recorded in the referenced commit object is used instead.
Additionally the commit ID is stored in a global extended pax header.
It can be extracted using git-get-tar-commit-id.
+OPTIONS
+-------
+
+<tree-ish>::
+ The tree or commit to produce tar archive for. If it is
+ the object name of a commit object.
+
+<base>::
+ Leading path to the files in the resulting tar archive.
+
+--remote=<repo>::
+ Instead of making a tar archive from local repository,
+ retrieve a tar archive from a remote repository.
+
+Examples
+--------
+git tar-tree HEAD | (cd /var/tmp/ && mkdir junk && tar Cxf junk -)::
+
+ Create a tar archive that contains the contents of the
+ latest commit on the current branch, and extracts it in
+ `/var/tmp/junk` directory.
+
+git tar-tree v2.6.17 linux-2.6.17 | gzip >linux-2.6.17.tar.gz
+
+ Create a tarball for v2.6.17 release.
+
+git tar-tree --remote=example.com:git.git v0.99 >git-0.99.tar
+
+ Get a tarball v0.99 from example.com.
Author
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