git-upload-archive(1)

# git-upload-archive(1) Manual Page

## NAME

git-upload-archive - Send archive back to git-archive

## SYNOPSIS

git upload-archive <directory>

## DESCRIPTION

Invoked by git-archive --remote and sends a generated archive to the other end over the git protocol.

This command is usually not invoked directly by the end user. The UI for the protocol is on the git-archive side, and the program pair is meant to be used to get an archive from a remote repository.

## OPTIONS

<directory>

  The repository to get a tar archive from.

## Author

Written by Franck Bui-Huu.

## Documentation

Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.

## GIT

Part of the git(1) suite