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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-archive.txt | 10 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-archive.txt b/Documentation/git-archive.txt index 98526f2beb..a0e3fe7996 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-archive.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-archive.txt @@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ OPTIONS --prefix=<prefix>/:: Prepend <prefix>/ to paths in the archive. Can be repeated; its rightmost value is used for all tracked files. See below which - value gets used by `--add-file` and `--add-virtual-file`. + value gets used by `--add-file`. -o <file>:: --output=<file>:: @@ -67,9 +67,7 @@ OPTIONS --add-virtual-file=<path>:<content>:: Add the specified contents to the archive. Can be repeated to add - multiple files. The path of the file in the archive is built - by concatenating the value of the last `--prefix` option (if any) - before this `--add-virtual-file` and `<path>`. + multiple files. + The `<path>` argument can start and end with a literal double-quote character; the contained file name is interpreted as a C-style string, @@ -81,6 +79,10 @@ if the path begins or ends with a double-quote character. The file mode is limited to a regular file, and the option may be subject to platform-dependent command-line limits. For non-trivial cases, write an untracked file and use `--add-file` instead. ++ +Note that unlike `--add-file` the path created in the archive is not +affected by the `--prefix` option, as a full `<path>` can be given as +the value of the option. --worktree-attributes:: Look for attributes in .gitattributes files in the working tree |