From: "W. Trevor King" <wking@tremily.us>
To: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Cc: Git <git@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 15/15] user-manual: Use --format=tar.gz to create a gzipped tarball
Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2013 18:01:52 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20130210230152.GC8704@odin.tremily.us> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <7vk3qfrdco.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org>
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On Sun, Feb 10, 2013 at 02:52:23PM -0800, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> "W. Trevor King" <wking@tremily.us> writes:
> > On Sun, Feb 10, 2013 at 02:27:08PM -0800, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> >> This is a "meh" at least to me. Unless it uses something like
> >>
> >> git archive -o latest.tar.gz --prefix=project/ HEAD
> >>
> >> it is not all that interesting.
> >
> > Great suggestion. My original goal was to remove the pipe, but if we
> > can remove the redirection too, that's one less POSIX-ism for newbies
> > to wonder about ;).
>
> I was referring to more about the implicit format recognition not
> pipe.
I'll mention it when I'm linking them to git-archive(1) ;). I think
the goal in the manual should be to show people that the functionality
exists and is not scary. Explaining the actual implementation details
and assorted usage details is best left to command-specific
documentation.
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2013-02-08 16:43 [PATCH] user-manual: Rewrite git-gc section for automatic packing W. Trevor King
2013-02-08 17:36 ` Junio C Hamano
2013-02-08 18:35 ` W. Trevor King
2013-02-08 23:04 ` Junio C Hamano
2013-02-08 23:04 ` Junio C Hamano
2013-02-10 15:10 ` [PATCH v2 00/15] User manual updates W. Trevor King
2013-02-10 15:10 ` [PATCH v2 01/15] user-manual: Rewrite git-gc section for automatic packing W. Trevor King
2013-02-10 15:10 ` [PATCH v2 02/15] user-manual: Update for receive.denyCurrentBranch=refuse W. Trevor King
2013-02-10 21:24 ` Junio C Hamano
2013-02-10 21:46 ` W. Trevor King
2013-02-10 22:36 ` Junio C Hamano
2013-02-14 18:57 ` Junio C Hamano
2013-02-17 17:06 ` W. Trevor King
2013-02-18 0:15 ` [PATCH v3 0/9] User manual updates W. Trevor King
2013-02-18 0:15 ` [PATCH v3 1/9] user-manual: Use 'remote add' to setup push URLs W. Trevor King
2013-02-18 1:58 ` Junio C Hamano
2013-02-18 2:15 ` Jonathan Nieder
2013-02-18 0:15 ` [PATCH v3 2/9] user-manual: Reorganize the reroll sections, adding 'git rebase -i' W. Trevor King
2013-02-18 2:23 ` Junio C Hamano
2013-02-18 2:39 ` W. Trevor King
2013-02-18 3:48 ` Junio C Hamano
2013-02-18 0:15 ` [PATCH v3 3/9] user-manual: Give 'git push -f' as an alternative to +master W. Trevor King
2013-02-18 2:24 ` Junio C Hamano
2013-02-18 0:15 ` [PATCH v3 4/9] user-manual: Mention 'git remote add' for remote branch config W. Trevor King
2013-02-18 2:26 ` Junio C Hamano
2013-02-18 2:41 ` W. Trevor King
2013-02-18 0:15 ` [PATCH v3 5/9] user-manual: Standardize backtick quoting W. Trevor King
2013-02-25 22:53 ` [PATCH v5] " W. Trevor King
2013-02-18 0:15 ` [PATCH v3 6/9] user-manual: Use 'git config --global user.*' for setup W. Trevor King
2013-02-18 2:47 ` Junio C Hamano
2013-02-18 12:12 ` W. Trevor King
2013-02-18 0:15 ` [PATCH v3 7/9] user-manual: Use request-pull to generate "please pull" text W. Trevor King
2013-02-18 2:50 ` Junio C Hamano
2013-02-18 0:16 ` [PATCH v3 8/9] user-manual: Flesh out uncommitted changes and submodule updates W. Trevor King
2013-02-18 2:53 ` Junio C Hamano
2013-02-19 9:35 ` W. Trevor King
2013-02-18 0:16 ` [PATCH v3 9/9] user-manual: Use -o latest.tar.gz to create a gzipped tarball W. Trevor King
2013-02-18 2:58 ` Junio C Hamano
2013-02-18 12:16 ` W. Trevor King
2013-02-18 8:56 ` [PATCH v3 0/9] User manual updates Junio C Hamano
2013-02-18 12:27 ` W. Trevor King
2013-02-18 13:00 ` [PATCH v2 02/15] user-manual: Update for receive.denyCurrentBranch=refuse Drew Northup
2013-02-18 21:26 ` Junio C Hamano
2013-02-10 15:10 ` [PATCH v2 03/15] user-manual: Use 'remote add' to setup push URLs W. Trevor King
2013-02-10 21:33 ` Junio C Hamano
2013-02-10 21:54 ` W. Trevor King
2013-02-10 22:08 ` Jonathan Nieder
2013-02-10 22:19 ` W. Trevor King
2013-02-10 22:45 ` Junio C Hamano
2013-02-10 22:57 ` W. Trevor King
2013-02-10 15:10 ` [PATCH v2 04/15] user-manual: Use git branch --merged W. Trevor King
2013-02-10 21:37 ` Junio C Hamano
2013-02-10 21:56 ` W. Trevor King
2013-02-10 15:10 ` [PATCH v2 05/15] user-manual: Add a few references to 'git rebase -i' W. Trevor King
2013-02-10 21:53 ` Junio C Hamano
2013-02-10 22:00 ` W. Trevor King
2013-02-10 15:10 ` [PATCH v2 06/15] user-manual: Give 'git push -f' as an alternative to +master W. Trevor King
2013-02-10 22:00 ` Junio C Hamano
2013-02-10 22:04 ` W. Trevor King
2013-02-10 23:19 ` Junio C Hamano
2013-02-10 15:10 ` [PATCH v2 07/15] user-manual: Mention 'git remote add' for remote branch config W. Trevor King
2013-02-10 22:08 ` Junio C Hamano
2013-02-10 22:09 ` Junio C Hamano
2013-02-10 22:22 ` W. Trevor King
2013-02-10 15:10 ` [PATCH v2 08/15] user-manual: Standardize backtick quoting W. Trevor King
2013-02-10 15:22 ` W. Trevor King
2013-02-10 15:10 ` [PATCH v2 09/15] user-manual: Use 'git config --global user.*' for setup W. Trevor King
2013-02-10 22:12 ` Junio C Hamano
2013-02-10 22:25 ` W. Trevor King
2013-02-10 22:48 ` Junio C Hamano
2013-02-10 22:52 ` W. Trevor King
2013-02-10 15:10 ` [PATCH v2 10/15] user-manual: Fix 'both: so' -> 'both; so' typo W. Trevor King
2013-02-10 15:10 ` [PATCH v2 11/15] user-manual: Fix 'http' -> 'HTTP' typos W. Trevor King
2013-02-10 15:10 ` [PATCH v2 12/15] user-manual: Use request-pull to generate "please pull" text W. Trevor King
2013-02-10 22:23 ` Junio C Hamano
2013-02-10 22:29 ` W. Trevor King
2013-02-10 15:10 ` [PATCH v2 13/15] user-manual: Fix 'you - Git' -> 'you--Git' typo W. Trevor King
2013-02-10 15:10 ` [PATCH v2 14/15] user-manual: Flesh out uncommitted changes and submodule updates W. Trevor King
2013-02-10 15:10 ` [PATCH v2 15/15] user-manual: Use --format=tar.gz to create a gzipped tarball W. Trevor King
2013-02-10 22:27 ` Junio C Hamano
2013-02-10 22:32 ` W. Trevor King
2013-02-10 22:52 ` Junio C Hamano
2013-02-10 23:01 ` W. Trevor King [this message]
2013-02-10 22:31 ` [PATCH v2 00/15] User manual updates Junio C Hamano
2013-02-10 22:36 ` W. Trevor King
2013-02-19 9:34 ` [PATCH v3 0/9] " W. Trevor King
2013-02-19 10:04 ` [PATCH v4 0/3] " W. Trevor King
2013-02-19 10:05 ` [PATCH v4 1/3] user-manual: Reorganize the reroll sections, adding 'git rebase -i' W. Trevor King
2013-02-19 18:47 ` Junio C Hamano
2013-02-19 18:51 ` W. Trevor King
2013-02-19 20:56 ` Junio C Hamano
2013-03-24 12:23 ` [PATCH] user-manual: Fix the interactive rebase example commit range W. Trevor King
2013-03-24 20:00 ` Eric Sunshine
2013-03-24 20:22 ` W. Trevor King
2013-02-19 10:05 ` [PATCH v4 2/3] user-manual: Use request-pull to generate "please pull" text W. Trevor King
2013-02-19 10:05 ` [PATCH v4 3/3] user-manual: Flesh out uncommitted changes and submodule updates W. Trevor King
2013-02-09 1:13 ` [PATCH] user-manual: Rewrite git-gc section for automatic packing Javier Tia
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