git archive — Create an archive of files from a tree. More information: <https://git-scm.com/docs/git-archive>.

Create a `.tar` archive from the contents of the current `HEAD` and print it to `stdout`

git archive {{[-v|--verbose]}} HEAD

Use the Zip format and report progress verbosely

git archive {{[-v|--verbose]}} --format zip HEAD

Output the Zip archive to a specific file

git archive {{[-v|--verbose]}} {{[-o|--output]}} {{path/to/file.zip}} HEAD

Create a `.tar` archive from the contents of the latest commit of a specific branch

git archive {{[-o|--output]}} {{path/to/file.tar}} {{branch_name}}

Use the contents of a specific directory

git archive {{[-o|--output]}} {{path/to/file.tar}} HEAD:{{path/to/directory}}