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From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: "René Scharfe" <l.s.r@web.de>
Cc: suzuki toshiya <mpsuzuki@hiroshima-u.ac.jp>,
	"git\@vger.kernel.org" <git@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] git-archive: accept --owner and --group like GNU tar
Date: Thu, 04 Jan 2018 10:22:46 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqqmv1tfpqh.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <f7654cd9-2cd0-0775-3b10-8e3dc1a66dae@web.de> ("René Scharfe"'s message of "Thu, 4 Jan 2018 17:59:50 +0100")

René Scharfe <l.s.r@web.de> writes:

> I don't know if it's a good idea, but perhaps we don't even need a new
> option.  We could change how pathspecs of untracked files are handled:
> Instead of aborting we could include them in the archive.  (Sounds like
> the simplest possible interface, but may have practical problems.)

One practical problem is that users who do this

    $ git archive HEAD Documentation/ | tar tf -

would be expecting (at least) two different things, depending on the
situation they are in.

So at least you'd need an "--include-untracked" option, I guess.

  reply	other threads:[~2018-01-04 18:22 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2017-12-29 14:05 [PATCH] git-archive: accept --owner and --group like GNU tar suzuki toshiya
2018-01-01 18:29 ` René Scharfe
2018-01-02  0:32   ` Perry Hutchison
2018-01-04  0:43     ` René Scharfe
     [not found] ` <df39f62558314cf6a9d9df3e23f31dd8@OS2PR01MB1147.jpnprd01.prod.outlook.com>
2018-01-02  6:58   ` suzuki toshiya
2018-01-02 21:36     ` René Scharfe
     [not found]     ` <59a1fc058278463996ed68c970a5e08a@OS2PR01MB1147.jpnprd01.prod.outlook.com>
2018-01-04  1:29       ` suzuki toshiya
     [not found]       ` <955dae095d504b00b3e1c8a956ba852a@OS2PR01MB1147.jpnprd01.prod.outlook.com>
2018-01-04  2:25         ` suzuki toshiya
2018-01-04 16:59           ` René Scharfe
2018-01-04 18:22             ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2018-01-05 13:54               ` René Scharfe
2018-01-05 19:10                 ` Junio C Hamano
     [not found]             ` <2112f9c245d64f4e89361df7e9de9374@OS2PR01MB1147.jpnprd01.prod.outlook.com>
2018-01-05  4:23               ` suzuki toshiya

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