gitgit-archive

Can git archive include the directory that the .git project lives in?

Can git archive include the directory that the .git project lives in?

For example, let's say my directory structure is like this:

-- /my-project-dir
----- /.git
----- /css
----- index.html
----- scripts.js

By default, when I do a git archive, I end up with a ZIP file like so:

-- my-project-dir.zip
----- /css
----- index.html
----- scripts.js

I'm wondering if there is a way that the archive command can include the parent directory as well, for example:

-- my-project-dir.zip
----- /my-project-dir
-------- /css
-------- index.html
-------- scripts.js
Solution

  • Use the --prefix option:

    $ pwd
/tmp/foo
$ ls -A
bar  .git
$ git archive --prefix foo/ -o foo.tar master
$ tar tf foo.tar
foo/
foo/bar

    Be careful to include the trailing slash in foo/, otherwise you end up with the prefix prepended to each filename!