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git-tar-tree: documentation update

* add example on how to avoid adding a global extended pax header
 * don't mention linux anymore, use git itself as an example instead
 * update to v1.4.0 ;-)
 * append missing :: to the examples

Signed-off-by: Rene Scharfe <rene.scharfe@lsrfire.ath.cx>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
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Rene Scharfe 19 years ago committed by Junio C Hamano
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Documentation/git-tar-tree.txt

@ -39,19 +39,24 @@ OPTIONS @@ -39,19 +39,24 @@ OPTIONS

Examples
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git tar-tree HEAD | (cd /var/tmp/ && mkdir junk && tar Cxf junk -)::
git tar-tree HEAD junk | (cd /var/tmp/ && tar xf -)::

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
git tar-tree v1.4.0 git-1.4.0 | gzip >git-1.4.0.tar.gz::

Create a tarball for v2.6.17 release.
Create a tarball for v1.4.0 release.

git tar-tree --remote=example.com:git.git v0.99 >git-0.99.tar
git tar-tree v1.4.0{caret}\{tree\} git-1.4.0 | gzip >git-1.4.0.tar.gz::

Get a tarball v0.99 from example.com.
Create a tarball for v1.4.0 release, but without a
global extended pax header.

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.

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