A quick Google search revealed 2 things: 1) I believe `git archive --remote` is disabled by default; administrator of the repo needs to enable it. See: http://linux.die.net/man/1/git-daemon , under "services"
2) Github recommends you use the "download" button on the projects homepage; all tags are automagically turned into tar downloads for you. See: http://groups.google.com/group/github/browse_thread/thread/cfcbcb1dc5f41f16 +Clint On Oct 15, 7:52 pm, Eric Smith <space...@gmail.com> wrote: > I'm trying to export a tarball of a specific tag from a repository, > like this: > > $ git archive --format=tar --remote=git://github.com/makerbot/ > ReplicatorG.git replicatorg-0020r0 | gzip >replicatorg-0020r0.tar.gz > fatal: git archive: protocol error > > Being a git neophyte, I have no idea what I'm doing wrong. Any > suggestions? > > Thanks! > Eric -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "GitHub" group. To post to this group, send email to git...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to github+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/github?hl=en.
