From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.180.0/23 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.5 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN,FREEMAIL_FROM, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI,RCVD_IN_SORBS_SPAM, RP_MATCHES_RCVD shortcircuit=no autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 91C79202F8 for ; Thu, 9 Mar 2017 21:02:48 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751860AbdCIVCq (ORCPT ); Thu, 9 Mar 2017 16:02:46 -0500 Received: from mail-ua0-f169.google.com ([209.85.217.169]:34040 "EHLO mail-ua0-f169.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750880AbdCIVCp (ORCPT ); Thu, 9 Mar 2017 16:02:45 -0500 Received: by mail-ua0-f169.google.com with SMTP id f54so89264564uaa.1 for ; Thu, 09 Mar 2017 13:02:10 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:from:date:message-id:subject:to; bh=PH2eiJX4KiQAju7JnxHDYQJN7l+N0urY2EOdLJCBNCw=; b=DjUHYKagnglEH/6GNdY2KEujoBENmoolII11zN+2cennULdaI8LvE+/JAMysVj6KYt 7AgzvnJE9U+ps9uOo5AwznkaKA5zumarwyNXJ5tZOh70f5n+DIgdgS1zgiyReavMcx2e gqj+VJ8jq+RgsewPq6mrpZsVk6ayFMj7xRuFBKrkHez0coLtIIawi1GlmoYh5xpiJgNv YQjUHMg3ToLL/ih1/PefXGWPkyLYO7FyLP/CyFMS5rosDEybGvdoolljaXYotqsWjX5Q PIK1AkARcIrMq/TG1Ckou1hv1xQD0bBkUc5XQZ+8nOi4xo0yA6EvcKNtZaRgK+cfye0Z XEaQ== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:from:date:message-id:subject:to; bh=PH2eiJX4KiQAju7JnxHDYQJN7l+N0urY2EOdLJCBNCw=; b=Dj2l1Rff3ZkF04jFgj//+jISI8CUJvm+7F5vzm05YcX3vg/xhkN1pHqYHcKYMNNPxE xaSpLwsOH+t8U6hTby7p1yHE8jeiGh5ZPwTxfYbVyrxOxnpii479xIV+djQLGOl5hh06 vhh6K6dO2M9gsuWGA2kGN88RnhYa8vNRcGPTrfHhrZNCVvR2zEnKykAd8oQuFIxG7hkn kC8MwP0l/6DEV+QB+yQ7k2kmwKa20K263tufcCJSqRSibd/6ZBMGNDVUbkyf9jpowh8M B01rN3IMvbFDNR9kiO5mG4yUGPwbAaVc2AGUiumTND/mBKTocWVP+DuqEPoRyLQW4oTG azFQ== X-Gm-Message-State: AMke39nBHINVznh6M0a4BPrifKtJjbAWby5tZCVj5d6/SQDKceuLEqg8eKlSx0y92N6ytw+aA9388YgEU5tiVA== X-Received: by 10.31.8.80 with SMTP id 77mr6490431vki.137.1489093330198; Thu, 09 Mar 2017 13:02:10 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.176.80.114 with HTTP; Thu, 9 Mar 2017 13:02:09 -0800 (PST) From: Aalex Gabi Date: Thu, 9 Mar 2017 22:02:09 +0100 Message-ID: Subject: Git attributes are read from head branch instead of given branch when using git archive To: git@vger.kernel.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Hello, git archive --remote="URL" branchname > branchname.tar.gz is not reading .gitattributes file from the given branch but from HEAD. More specifically export-ignore lines in the target branch are ignored. The remote is using git protocol and it's served by Gitlab. I use git version 2.11.0. Is this a git issue? In that case is this a bug or a known limitation? Best regards, Aalex Gabi