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diff --git a/Documentation/git-archive.txt b/Documentation/git-archive.txt index 799c8b64b..8d3e66626 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-archive.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-archive.txt @@ -112,6 +112,14 @@ export-subst:: expand several placeholders when adding this file to an archive. See linkgit:gitattributes[5] for details. +Note that attributes are by default taken from the `.gitattributes` files +in the tree that is being archived. If you want to tweak the way the +output is generated after the fact (e.g. you committed without adding an +appropriate export-ignore in its `.gitattributes`), adjust the checked out +`.gitattributes` file as necessary and use `--work-tree-attributes` +option. Alternatively you can keep necessary attributes that should apply +while archiving any tree in your `$GIT_DIR/info/attributes` file. + EXAMPLES -------- git archive --format=tar --prefix=junk/ HEAD | (cd /var/tmp/ && tar xf -):: |