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GIT-GET-TAR-COMMI(1)                                  Git Manual                                 GIT-GET-TAR-COMMI(1)



NAME
       git-get-tar-commit-id - Extract commit ID from an archive created using git-archive

SYNOPSIS
       git get-tar-commit-id < <tarfile>


DESCRIPTION
       Acts as a filter, extracting the commit ID stored in archives created by git archive. It reads only the first
       1024 bytes of input, thus its runtime is not influenced by the size of <tarfile> very much.

       If no commit ID is found, git get-tar-commit-id quietly exists with a return code of 1. This can happen if
       <tarfile> had not been created using git archive or if the first parameter of git archive had been a tree ID
       instead of a commit ID or tag.

GIT
       Part of the git(1) suite



Git 1.8.3.1                                           03/23/2016                                 GIT-GET-TAR-COMMI(1)