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authorWolfgang Müller2021-05-22 12:54:18 +0200
committerWolfgang Müller2021-05-22 12:54:18 +0200
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Add git-package(1)
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@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ personal use.
- git-init-shared: Initialize a bare repo that multiple users have write access
to. This uses `setfacl(1)` and thereby relies on ACL support.
+- git-package: Create an archive of a named tree suitable for distribution. See
+ [`git-package(1)`](git-package.1).
- git-sign-for-cgit: Generate a snapshot and store its signify signature for
[`cgit`](https://git.zx2c4.com/cgit/about/) using
[`git-notes(1)`](https://git-scm.com/docs/git-notes).
diff --git a/git-package b/git-package
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+set -e
+
+git rev-parse || exit 1
+
+errx() {
+ printf '%s\n' "$*" >&2
+ exit 1
+}
+
+usage() {
+ errx 'usage: git package [-f format] tree-ish [path...]'
+}
+
+format="$(git config --get package.format)"
+: "${format:=tar.gz}"
+
+while getopts f: opt; do
+ case $opt in
+ f) format=$OPTARG;;
+ ?) usage;;
+ esac
+done
+shift $((OPTIND - 1))
+test $# -ge 1 || usage
+
+git archive -l | grep -Fqx "$format" || err "fatal: unknown format"
+
+name="$(basename "$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)")"
+treeish="$1"
+
+exec git archive --prefix="$name-$treeish/" -o "$name-$treeish.$format" -- "$@"
diff --git a/git-package.1 b/git-package.1
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+.Dd May 22, 2021
+.Dt GIT-PACKAGE 1
+.Os
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm git-package
+.Nd create an archive of a named tree suitable for distribution
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.Nm git package
+.Op Fl f Ar format
+.Ar tree-ish
+.Op Ar path...
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+.Nm
+creates an archive of a named tree (or specific paths within that tree, if
+specified) that is suitable for distribution on the world wide web.
+It saves the archive to
+.Pa <name>-<tree-ish>.<format> ,
+where
+.Em name
+is the title of the repository.
+For supported archive formats, see
+.Xr git-archive 1 .
+A default archive format can be set via
+.Xr git-config 1 ,
+using the
+.Em package.format
+option.
+.Pp
+The options are as follows:
+.Bl -tag -width Ds
+.It Fl f Ar format
+The format to archive
+.Ar tree-ish
+as.
+Defaults to
+.Em package.format ,
+or tar.gz if unset.
+.El
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr git 1 ,
+.Xr git-archive 1 ,
+.Xr git-config 1
+.Sh HISTORY
+.Nm
+was written due to the lack of a convenient tool to create release
+archives for distribution.
+.Xr git-archive 1
+was considered, but was found to be too burdensome to be deployed regularly.
+.Sh AUTHORS
+.An -nosplit
+.Nm
+was written by
+.An Wolfgang Müller Aq Mt wolf@oriole.systems .