A script to create a tar archive from a directory, excluding files as per the .gitignore file.

git_tar_exclude.sh

#!/bin/bash

if [ $# -eq 0 ]; then
    echo "Please provide the target directory path as an argument."
    exit 1
fi
CURRENT_DIR=$(pwd)
TARGET_DIR=$1
DIR_NAME=$(basename $TARGET_DIR)

# Change to the target directory
cd $TARGET_DIR

# Create the archive using tar command
tar -cvf ${CURRENT_DIR}/${DIR_NAME}.tar $(git ls-files)