Do a “git export” (like “svn export”)?

Question

I\'ve been wondering whether there is a good \"git export\" solution that creates a copy of a tree without the .git repository directory. There are at least thr

Answer 1

I have hit this page frequently when looking for a way to export a git repository. My answer to this question considers three properties that svn export has by design compared to git, since svn follows a centralized repository approach:

• It minimizes the traffic to a remote repository location by not exporting all revisions
• It does not include meta information in the export directory

• Exporting a certain branch using svn is accomplished by specifying the appropriate path

  git clone --depth 1 --branch master git://git.somewhere destination_path
  rm -rf destination_path/.git
  

When building a certain release it is useful to clone a stable branch as for example --branch stable or --branch release/0.9.