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diff --git a/Documentation/git-archive.txt b/Documentation/git-archive.txt index 94519aae23..b41cc5bc2e 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-archive.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-archive.txt @@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ OPTIONS --prefix=<prefix>/:: Prepend <prefix>/ to paths in the archive. Can be repeated; its rightmost value is used for all tracked files. See below which - value gets used by `--add-file`. + value gets used by `--add-file` and `--add-virtual-file`. -o <file>:: --output=<file>:: @@ -63,6 +63,17 @@ OPTIONS concatenating the value of the last `--prefix` option (if any) before this `--add-file` and the basename of <file>. +--add-virtual-file=<path>:<content>:: + Add the specified contents to the archive. Can be repeated to add + multiple files. The path of the file in the archive is built + by concatenating the value of the last `--prefix` option (if any) + before this `--add-virtual-file` and `<path>`. ++ +The `<path>` cannot contain any colon, the file mode is limited to +a regular file, and the option may be subject to platform-dependent +command-line limits. For non-trivial cases, write an untracked file +and use `--add-file` instead. + --worktree-attributes:: Look for attributes in .gitattributes files in the working tree as well (see <<ATTRIBUTES>>). |