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| author | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2015-10-26 16:14:30 -0700 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2015-10-26 16:14:30 -0700 |
| commit | daf0aaecf41c91c2307b7a38218f6b2d37669ad1 (patch) | |
| tree | 2032469465a7995a1ae1f8fbbb2345e32a2aa50e /git-get-tar-commit-id.txt | |
| parent | e265b5c6dbafc936b10575797cc098414af5b874 (diff) | |
| download | git-htmldocs-daf0aaecf41c91c2307b7a38218f6b2d37669ad1.tar.gz | |
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diff --git a/git-get-tar-commit-id.txt b/git-get-tar-commit-id.txt index 1e2a20dd2..ac44d85b0 100644 --- a/git-get-tar-commit-id.txt +++ b/git-get-tar-commit-id.txt @@ -9,17 +9,19 @@ git-get-tar-commit-id - Extract commit ID from an archive created using git-arch SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] -'git get-tar-commit-id' < <tarfile> +'git get-tar-commit-id' DESCRIPTION ----------- -Acts as a filter, extracting the commit ID stored in archives created by -'git archive'. It reads only the first 1024 bytes of input, thus its -runtime is not influenced by the size of <tarfile> very much. + +Read a tar archive created by 'git archive' from the standard input +and extract the commit ID stored in it. It reads only the first +1024 bytes of input, thus its runtime is not influenced by the size +of the tar archive very much. If no commit ID is found, 'git get-tar-commit-id' quietly exists with a -return code of 1. This can happen if <tarfile> had not been created +return code of 1. This can happen if the archive had not been created using 'git archive' or if the first parameter of 'git archive' had been a tree ID instead of a commit ID or tag. |