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Reminder for how to git-archive when there are no branches or tags
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git_archive_when_no_branches_or_tags.bash
prefix=... # eg, $( dirname "$( /bin/pwd )" )
treeish=... # eg, HEAD
version=$( TZ=UTC git log --date=format-local:%Y%m%d%H%M%S --format=%cd-%h "$treeish" )
git archive --prefix=${prefix}/ -o ${prefix}-${version}.tar.gz "$treeish"
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