tldr/pages/common/git-archive.md

git archive

Create an archive of files from a tree. More information: https://git-scm.com/docs/git-archive.

• Create a tar archive from the contents of the current HEAD and print it to stdout:

git archive --verbose HEAD

• Use the Zip format and report progress [v]erbosely:

git archive {{-v|--verbose}} --format zip HEAD

• [o]utput the Zip archive to a specific file:

git archive -v {{-o|--output}} {{path/to/file.zip}} HEAD

• Create a tar archive from the contents of the latest commit of a specific branch:

git archive -o {{path/to/file.tar}} {{branch_name}}

• Use the contents of a specific directory:

git archive -o {{path/to/file.tar}} HEAD:{{path/to/directory}}

• Prepend a path to each file to archive it inside a specific directory:

git archive -o {{path/to/file.tar}} --prefix {{path/to/prepend}}/ HEAD