From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "W. Trevor King" 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 Message-ID: <20130210230152.GC8704@odin.tremily.us> References: <7vzjzexv8l.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org> <92a02e35df3dab70928e56e6790417243beea2af.1360508415.git.wking@tremily.us> <7va9rbst37.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org> <20130210223239.GE8377@odin.tremily.us> <7vk3qfrdco.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary=CblX+4bnyfN0pR09 Cc: Git To: Junio C Hamano X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Mon Feb 11 00:02:33 2013 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@plane.gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.180.67]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1U4fup-0006GO-4D for gcvg-git-2@plane.gmane.org; Mon, 11 Feb 2013 00:02:31 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756965Ab3BJXCH (ORCPT ); Sun, 10 Feb 2013 18:02:07 -0500 Received: from vms173003pub.verizon.net ([206.46.173.3]:25762 "EHLO vms173003pub.verizon.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756856Ab3BJXCG (ORCPT ); Sun, 10 Feb 2013 18:02:06 -0500 X-Greylist: delayed 2329 seconds by postgrey-1.27 at vger.kernel.org; Sun, 10 Feb 2013 18:02:06 EST Received: from odin.tremily.us ([unknown] [72.68.84.219]) by vms173003.mailsrvcs.net (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 7u2-7.02 32bit (built Apr 16 2009)) with ESMTPA id <0MI100K9E1B4FUA0@vms173003.mailsrvcs.net> for git@vger.kernel.org; Sun, 10 Feb 2013 17:01:53 -0600 (CST) Received: by odin.tremily.us (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 545F1879D9B; Sun, 10 Feb 2013 18:01:52 -0500 (EST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=tremily.us; s=odin; t=1360537312; bh=wjhHrL7AXQGS1eJr08/1oNnOwe8rhMPVEPqXa/bFR9g=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To; b=c2VBY6nMTj/HefP7Kn0MfeIsUgt+Z8L5y+WFXanIuUXG0rbVb7n+c5MTFSPIkK88Y Y/cqsB10E6PB0BlOz90QsmpooDEziRAZo0Hk5O5bPh0hQWyXSxlGaAVhDI2WO7coa+ rtQLc/WnqBlp3RiS+7ZlsZ1AwSthn7c4RgOr5D6w= Content-disposition: inline In-reply-to: <7vk3qfrdco.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org> OpenPGP: id=39A2F3FA2AB17E5D8764F388FC29BDCDF15F5BE8; url=http://tremily.us/pubkey.txt User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: --CblX+4bnyfN0pR09 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, Feb 10, 2013 at 02:52:23PM -0800, Junio C Hamano wrote: > "W. Trevor King" 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 > >>=20 > >> git archive -o latest.tar.gz --prefix=3Dproject/ HEAD > >> =20 > >> 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 ;). >=20 > 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. --=20 This email may be signed or encrypted with GnuPG (http://www.gnupg.org). For more information, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pretty_Good_Privacy --CblX+4bnyfN0pR09 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.19 (GNU/Linux) iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJRGCbfAAoJEEUbTsx0l5OMQasQAMCfdblzFxwdF5lOYs8UcggQ iL7g0rgDz7IO0BMnHMcURxfz+u+JhiEjaguMnCI1OJLBYnqQmuqhKgtyd1S1xpZf 8whRfAOVGInDGMoPrLTG5qbzno7M0XO7OmPr0JcuMWXdWM44WUyGoHoFjKfXbsL6 0SJEzjoYFDllE7K24+7c+h+6tX8Y12BsDl/DYIYqtVF+2ckP14GAulicXf42SPUP 1SoQeSUno1YWIFAazdJLV5uxUBXjNHDehNEkHQMg5OPENFY69oLhfaca1TuWfEhI 840LqrI8H6ME/X+6OzLYA6ReRYfmT4lJVpPJjXWJP383Fwx6CWuG8z+Fxx3+JU35 +ovUCB+p0Vv7/srKu9yl26kFpGvKqOSslB7d9XcMQ5BxMi5iw0EZUpnEdikN67Ly /Z8gh3ssZZQ/tCKQWEEUWn4tzxqgG4SfTel9GsJ6UydmsR7Py++2E7pnOuMEHNfm HNLdyk5EJmn2mI6ShDQSxiuoSj5A71Wn98C/8i/YS361tOZqpBQ5F+ylyQ4DtiLm H7k7bBVIYLjCmLV/1uDL6s3F+wzBV5kwin9b07hr9nOVTLAISyn/xzSlbIwRg0yx ThYoT42rZH3GzPlkYQO9XBYVKTIHOIuEENP8GO9dSeJ8s/H6CeHlDuRLwXrzFTy/ cAPz8F7r/liiHWl2CrLX =jecn -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --CblX+4bnyfN0pR09--