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Pack the content of the current git branch to *.7z archive
#!/bin/bash -e
set -x
BRANCHNAME="`git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD`"
echo "Packing branch: '${BRANCHNAME}'"
rm -rf _packing ${BRANCHNAME}.tar ${BRANCHNAME}.7z
mkdir _packing
git archive ${BRANCHNAME} > ${BRANCHNAME}.tar
tar -x -f ${BRANCHNAME}.tar -C _packing
(cd _packing && 7z a -t7z -m0=lzma -mx=9 -mfb=128 -md=64m -ms=on ../${BRANCHNAME}.7z .)
ls -la ${BRANCHNAME}.7z
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ruslo commented Nov 3, 2016

Warning! Commit all the changes you need before running the script!

Rule of thumb:

> git status
# nothing

> git branch -vv
# check that you're on the right branch

> /path/to/create-7z.sh # run this script

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ruslo commented Nov 12, 2016

This script can be used as a workaround for https://github.com/ruslo/hunter/issues/230

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