git-export - Create an unversioned copy of a tree.

git-export

#!/bin/sh
#
# git-export - Create an unversioned copy of a tree.
#
# USAGE
#     git export [<tree-ish>] <path>
#
# Author: Yuki <paselan@gmail.com>
# License: MIT License
#

if [ $# -eq 2 ]; then
  TREE_ISH=$1
  DEST_DIR=$2
elif [ $# -eq 1 ]; then
  TREE_ISH=HEAD
  DEST_DIR=$1
else
  echo -e "usage: git export [<tree-ish>] <path>\n" 1>&2
  exit 1
fi

if [ ! -d "$DEST_DIR" ]; then
  mkdir -p $DEST_DIR || exit 1
fi

#echo DESTDIR=$DEST_DIR
#echo TREE_ISH=$TREE_ISH
git archive --format=tar $TREE_ISH | tar -C $DEST_DIR -xf -