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Date: Tue, 7 Apr 2009 09:20:24 -0700
From: Andrew Sharp <andy.sharp@onstor.com>
To: Rendell Fong <rendell.fong@onstor.com>
Subject: Re: kernel tree now up to date in home directory
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Yeah, on this older version of git, you have to specify a format for
the "archive", either zip or tar:

git archive --format=tar etcetera


On Tue, 7 Apr 2009 09:08:31 -0700 Rendell Fong
<rendell.fong@onstor.com> wrote:

> I'm getting an error.
> 
> ripper $ cd ~andys/src/tuxrx/linux/kernel/linux-mips-2.6
> ripper $ git-archive onstor-2.6.22-tuxrx | (cd ~/linux-mips-2.6 && tar xvf -)
> fatal: You must specify an archive format
> ripper $
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Andy Sharp
> > Sent: Thursday, March 26, 2009 10:53 AM
> > To: Bill Fisher
> > Cc: Rendell Fong
> > Subject: kernel tree now up to date in home directory
> > 
> > I finally managed to get git to cooperate, either that or I've
> > completely scrogged the git repository, and the repository in
> > 
> > ~andys/src/tuxrx/linux/kernel/linux-mips-2.6
> > 
> > should be git-fetchable and has the latest from Bill (tpl code and
> > neteee2 in-tree stuff) and the APCU thread/module framework from me.  A
> > tarball can be created very easily by any system that has git installed
> > on it (one can log into ripper in lieu of installing git on a
> > particular system):
> > 
> > cd ~andys/src/tuxrx/linux/kernel/linux-mips-2.6
> > git-archive onstor-2.6.22-tuxrx > path-to-tar-file.tar
> > 
> > OR
> > 
> > git-archive onstor-2.6.22-tuxrx | (cd some-directory && tar xvf -)
> > 
> > this will give you a tarball or a copy of the tree as it's checked in,
> > without all the cruft I might have laying around including bogus mods
> > to files that even I don't want.
> > 
> > Let me know if something doesn't work or anyone has a problem.
> > 
> > Cheers,
> > 
> > a
