Added git-export command to improve archiving of git repositories.

Author: coordt

README.html

@@ -340,16 +340,6 @@
 </ul>
 <p class="last">Designed to finish up a local topic/feature branch</p>
 </dd>
-<dt><strong>git-move-commits</strong></dt>
-<dd><p class="first"><em>Usage:</em> <tt class="docutils literal">git <span class="pre">move-commits</span> <span class="pre">&lt;num-commits&gt;</span> <span class="pre">&lt;correct-branch&gt;</span></tt></p>
-<ul class="simple">
-<li>Moves the last <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">num-commits</span></tt> commits to <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">correct-branch</span></tt></li>
-<li>If <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">correct-branch</span></tt> doesn't exist, the script creates it</li>
-<li>if <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">correct-branch</span></tt> does exist, the script merges the commits</li>
-</ul>
-<p class="last">If you commit to the wrong branch (especially <tt class="docutils literal">master</tt>), this script
-will fix that for you.</p>
-</dd>
 <dt><strong>git-pull-branch</strong></dt>
 <dd><p class="first"><em>Usage:</em> <tt class="docutils literal">git <span class="pre">pull-branch</span> &lt;branchname&gt;</tt></p>
 <ul class="simple">
@@ -366,6 +356,24 @@
 <p class="last">A simple shortcut to get a local branch on a server without having to
 execute three different commands</p>
 </dd>
+<dt><strong>git-move-commits</strong></dt>
+<dd><p class="first"><em>Usage:</em> <tt class="docutils literal">git <span class="pre">move-commits</span> <span class="pre">&lt;num-commits&gt;</span> <span class="pre">&lt;correct-branch&gt;</span></tt></p>
+<ul class="simple">
+<li>Moves the last <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">num-commits</span></tt> commits to <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">correct-branch</span></tt></li>
+<li>If <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">correct-branch</span></tt> doesn't exist, the script creates it</li>
+<li>if <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">correct-branch</span></tt> does exist, the script merges the commits</li>
+</ul>
+<p class="last">If you commit to the wrong branch (especially <tt class="docutils literal">master</tt>), this script
+will fix that for you.</p>
+</dd>
+<dt><strong>git-branch-from</strong></dt>
+<dd><p class="first"><em>Usage:</em> <tt class="docutils literal">git <span class="pre">branch-from</span> <span class="pre">&lt;commit-reference&gt;</span> <span class="pre">&lt;new-branch-name&gt;</span></tt></p>
+<p class="last">If you made several commits to a branch (especially <tt class="docutils literal">master</tt>), and in retrospect, you really should have been doing that on a new branch, this will create a new branch from the <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">commit-reference</span></tt> and reset current branch to the <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">commit-reference</span></tt>.</p>
+</dd>
+<dt><strong>git-export</strong></dt>
+<dd><p class="first"><em>Usage:</em> <tt class="docutils literal">git export <span class="pre">&lt;commit-reference&gt;</span> [&lt;filename&gt;]</tt></p>
+<p class="last">Exports a tar-gzipped archive of the <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">commit-reference</span></tt>. If <tt class="docutils literal">&lt;filename&gt;</tt> is omitted, the archive is saved as <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">&lt;commit-reference&gt;.tar.gz</span></tt>.</p>
+</dd>
 <dt><strong>git-status-u</strong></dt>
 <dd><p class="first"><em>Usage:</em> <tt class="docutils literal">git <span class="pre">status-u</span></tt></p>
 <ul class="simple">

README.rst

@@ -20,16 +20,6 @@
 
 	Designed to finish up a local topic/feature branch
 
-**git-move-commits**
-	*Usage:* ``git move-commits <num-commits> <correct-branch>``
-	
-	* Moves the last ``num-commits`` commits to ``correct-branch``
-	* If ``correct-branch`` doesn't exist, the script creates it
-	* if ``correct-branch`` does exist, the script merges the commits
-	
-	If you commit to the wrong branch (especially ``master``), this script 
-	will fix that for you.
-
 **git-pull-branch**
 	*Usage:* ``git pull-branch <branchname>``
 
@@ -46,6 +36,26 @@
 	A simple shortcut to get a local branch on a server without having to 
 	execute three different commands
 
+**git-move-commits**
+	*Usage:* ``git move-commits <num-commits> <correct-branch>``
+	
+	* Moves the last ``num-commits`` commits to ``correct-branch``
+	* If ``correct-branch`` doesn't exist, the script creates it
+	* if ``correct-branch`` does exist, the script merges the commits
+	
+	If you commit to the wrong branch (especially ``master``), this script 
+	will fix that for you.
+
+**git-branch-from**
+	*Usage:* ``git branch-from <commit-reference> <new-branch-name>``
+	
+	If you made several commits to a branch (especially ``master``), and in retrospect, you really should have been doing that on a new branch, this will create a new branch from the ``commit-reference`` and reset current branch to the ``commit-reference``.
+
+**git-export**
+	*Usage:* ``git export <commit-reference> [<filename>]``
+	
+	Exports a tar-gzipped archive of the ``commit-reference``. If ``<filename>`` is omitted, the archive is saved as ``<commit-reference>.tar.gz``.
+
 **git-status-u**
 	*Usage:* ``git status-u``
 

git-export

@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# Called as git export <commit-reference> [<filename>]
+#
+# Performs a git-archive, gzips it and names it <commit-reference>.tar.gz
+# or names it <filename> if included.
+
+if [ -z $1 ]
+then
+    echo "You need to specify a commit-reference to export."
+    echo "Usage: git export commit-reference [filename]"
+    exit 1
+else
+    COMMIT=$1
+fi
+
+if [ -z $2 ]
+then
+    FILENAME="$COMMIT.tar.gz"
+else
+    FILENAME=$2
+fi
+
+git archive $COMMIT | gzip > $FILENAME