In this article you will learn that how to export a Git project, like "cvs export" or "svn export"? There is no "git export" command, so instead you use the following ways to export a git repository 

In Git, there is no direct equivalent command to "svn export," but you can achieve a similar result using a combination of commands. The goal of "svn export" is to obtain a clean copy of the repository without any version control metadata. Here's a simple way to achieve this in Git:

git archive --format=zip --output=output.zip HEAD

This command creates a zip file (output.zip) containing the contents of the repository at the latest commit (HEAD). The --format=zip option specifies the archive format, and --output=output.zip sets the output file name.

This approach has some advantages over a naive recursive copy:

1. It excludes Git-specific metadata.
2. It works directly with a commit (e.g., HEAD), providing a snapshot of the repository at a specific point in time.

Keep in mind that this won't export untracked files. If you want to include untracked files as well, you may want to add and commit them before using this command.

Feel free to customize the command based on your needs. You can change the output format (e.g., tar) or specify a different commit/tag/branch if needed.
 

How to "git export" (like "svn export")?

To perform a "git export" similar to "svn export", you can use the following command:

git clone --depth=1 --branch=  

This will clone only the latest version of the specified branch from the repository into the target directory, without any of the Git version control metadata.

 

what is git archive?

The "git archive" command can be used to export a specific tree or commit from a Git repository as a compressed archive file.

For example, the following command will create a tar archive of the latest commit on the master branch:

git archive --format=tar HEAD $(git diff --name-only HEAD^ HEAD) > archive.tar

You can also specify a specific tree or commit to archive:

git archive --format=zip  > archive.zip

Replace with the desired commit, branch or tag name. The archive file will be stored in the current working directory.

Here's how you'd run a Git export command using bzip2:

git archive master | bzip2 > latest.tar.bz2