git archive --format=tar.gz -o /tmp/my-repo.tar.gz --prefix=my-repo/ master
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How to create a tarball of a git repository using "git archive"
This solution available.
wget https://github.com/torvalds/linux/archive/refs/heads/master.zip
This previous solution was not available(why?)
$ wget https://github.com/User/repo/archive/master.tar.gz
--2024-06-30 15:22:42-- https://github.com/User/repo/archive/master.tar.gz
Resolving github.com (github.com)... 20.200.245.247
Connecting to github.com (github.com)|20.200.245.247|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 404 Not Found
2024-06-30 15:22:42 ERROR 404: Not Found.
Git 2.44 or above support HTTP protocol for git archive, so you can probably create an archive from remote directly.
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for subfolder not work please solve download github subfolder project
example
wget https://github.com/User/repo/archive/master/folder.tar.gz
not work return 404 error please solve or propose solution for work
download github subfolder project in tarball
thank you