zip and tar
- Git course
- Advanced
- Lesson 30/56
- 4 min
Learn to create archives in zip and tar formats.
Supported Formats
Git natively supports tar and zip archive formats. You can run git archive --list to see all supported formats.
$ git archive --list
tar
tgz
tar.gz
zipTo explicitly specify the format, use the --format=zip or --format=tar option.
--format and Extension Inference
Git automatically infers the format from the file extension when you pass -o file.zip or -o file.tar. However, when piping to standard output, the --format flag must be specified explicitly.
git archive --format=tar HEAD | gzip > paket.tar.gz
git archive --format=zip -o dagitim.zip HEADThis allows you to build pipelines with compression tools for custom compression steps.
Practice Archive with Format Specification
Archive the HEAD commit in the repository using the --format=tar and --output=paket.tar options. Then print the contents with tar -tf paket.tar.
Starter code
git init -q
git config user.name "Dev"
git config user.email "dev@example.com"
echo "console.log('calisiyor');" > index.js
git add index.js
git commit -q -m "Uygulama kodu"
# Formati ve ciktisi belirtilen arsivi olustur ve listele:Sample solution
git init -q
git config user.name "Dev"
git config user.email "dev@example.com"
echo "console.log('calisiyor');" > index.js
git add index.js
git commit -q -m "Uygulama kodu"
git archive --format=tar --output=paket.tar HEAD
tar -tf paket.tarExpected output
index.js
Questions and answers
Review the lesson questions together with their answers. To test yourself, solve the lesson interactively.
1 Which command is used to list archive formats supported by Git in the terminal?
- git archive --show-types
- git config --get archive
- git archive --formats-all
- git archive --list Correct answer
Explanation: The `git archive --list` command outputs formats supported by Git on the system, such as tar and zip.
2 Specify Zip Format
git archive --format=____ -o paket.zip HEADgit archive --format=zip -o paket.zip HEADExplanation: The `--format=zip` parameter is provided for the zip archive format.
3 Formats and Options
| Term | Meaning |
|---|---|
--list |
Lists supported formats |
--format=tar |
Produces standard tar archive |
--format=zip |
Produces compressed zip archive |
-o paket.zip |
Infers zip format from extension |