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NAME top

   git-upload-archive - Send archive back to git-archive

SYNOPSIS top

   _git upload-archive_ <repository>

DESCRIPTION top

   Invoked by _git archive --remote_ and sends a generated 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 archive_ side, and the program
   pair is meant to be used to get an archive from a remote
   repository.

SECURITY top

   In order to protect the privacy of objects that have been removed
   from history but may not yet have been pruned, **git-upload-archive**
   avoids serving archives for commits and trees that are not
   reachable from the repository’s refs. However, because calculating
   object reachability is computationally expensive,
   **git-upload-archive** implements a stricter but easier-to-check set
   of rules:

    1. Clients may request a commit or tree that is pointed to
       directly by a ref. E.g., **git archive --remote=origin v1.0**.

    2. Clients may request a sub-tree within a commit or tree using
       the **ref:path** syntax. E.g., **git archive --remote=origin**
       **v1.0:Documentation**.

    3. Clients may _not_ use other sha1 expressions, even if the end
       result is reachable. E.g., neither a relative commit like
       **master^** nor a literal sha1 like **abcd1234** is allowed, even if
       the result is reachable from the refs.

   Note that rule 3 disallows many cases that do not have any privacy
   implications. These rules are subject to change in future versions
   of git, and the server accessed by **git archive --remote** may or may
   not follow these exact rules.

   If the config option **uploadArchive.allowUnreachable** is true, these
   rules are ignored, and clients may use arbitrary sha1 expressions.
   This is useful if you do not care about the privacy of unreachable
   objects, or if your object database is already publicly available
   for access via non-smart-http.

OPTIONS top

   <repository>
       The repository to get a tar archive from.

GIT top

   Part of the [git(1)](../man1/git.1.html) suite

COLOPHON top

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Pages that refer to this page:git(1), git-archive(1), git-config(1)