Re: obnoxious CLI complaints

[Dmitry Potapov <dpotapov@gmail.com>]

On Sun, Sep 13, 2009 at 01:21:43AM +0300, John Tapsell wrote:
> 
> Because I wouldn't call this just a few keystrokes to do the common case:
> 
>     git archive --format=tar --prefix=HEAD/ HEAD | gzip > head.tar.gz
> 
> I honestly don't understand the backlash against Brenden's point that
> this could be made a bit simpler.

You do not have to specify '--format=tar', because it is default. The
prefix name is a matter of one's preferences. Brenden wanted it to be
$myproject, while I have used three different versions. Now, you suggest
some other. IMHO, having it empty by default makes much more sense when
there is no obvious value on what most would agree. Finally, 'HEAD' is
required, because we do not want 'git archive' being run without any
parameter to write a binary file to the terminal. (Yes, it is foolish to
run command that you do not know to see what it does, but some people do
that, and we want all commands to be safe). BTW, I wonder whether use of
HEAD is really common with git-archive. Normally, you would archive a
tagged release, and then it is better to use the tag name to be sure
that you have archived the right thing.


Dmitry