SYNOPSIS
--------
-'git-tar-tree' <tree-ish> [ <base> ]
+'git-tar-tree' [--remote=<repo>] <tree-ish> [ <base> ]
DESCRIPTION
-----------
Additionally the commit ID is stored in a global extended pax header.
It can be extracted using git-get-tar-commit-id.
+OPTIONS
+-------
+
+<tree-ish>::
+ The tree or commit to produce tar archive for. If it is
+ the object name of a commit object.
+
+<base>::
+ Leading path to the files in the resulting tar archive.
+
+--remote=<repo>::
+ Instead of making a tar archive from local repository,
+ retrieve a tar archive from a remote repository.
+
+Examples
+--------
+git tar-tree HEAD | (cd /var/tmp/ && mkdir junk && tar Cxf junk -)::
+
+ Create a tar archive that contains the contents of the
+ latest commit on the current branch, and extracts it in
+ `/var/tmp/junk` directory.
+
+git tar-tree v2.6.17 linux-2.6.17 | gzip >linux-2.6.17.tar.gz
+
+ Create a tarball for v2.6.17 release.
+
+git tar-tree --remote=example.com:git.git v0.99 >git-0.99.tar
+
+ Get a tarball v0.99 from example.com.
Author
------
--- /dev/null
+git-upload-tar(1)
+=================
+
+NAME
+----
+git-upload-tar - Send tar archive
+
+
+SYNOPSIS
+--------
+'git-upload-tar' <directory>
+
+DESCRIPTION
+-----------
+Invoked by 'git-tar-tree --remote' and sends a generated tar archive
+to the other end over the git protocol.
+
+This command is usually not invoked directly by the end user.
+The UI for the protocol is on the 'git-tar-tree' side, and the
+program pair is meant to be used to get a tar achive from a
+remote repository.
+
+
+OPTIONS
+-------
+<directory>::
+ The repository to get a tar archive from.
+
+Author
+------
+Written by Junio C Hamano <junio@kernel.org>
+
+Documentation
+--------------
+Documentation by Junio C Hamano.
+
+GIT
+---
+Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite
Invoked by 'git-clone-pack' and 'git-fetch-pack' to push
what are asked for.
+gitlink:git-upload-tar[1]::
+ Invoked by 'git-tar-tree --remote' to return the tar
+ archive the other end asked for.
+
High-level commands (porcelain)
-------------------------------
gitlink:git-prune[1]::
Prunes all unreachable objects from the object database.
+gitlink:git-quiltimport[1]::
+ Applies a quilt patchset onto the current branch.
+
gitlink:git-relink[1]::
Hardlink common objects in local repositories.