ive that contains the contents of the
latest commit on the current branch, and extract it in the
<code>/var/tmp/junk</code> directory.</p>
</dd>
<dt class="hdlist1"><code>git archive --format=tar --prefix=git-1.4.0/ v1.4.0 | gzip &gt;git-1.4.0.tar.gz</code></dt>
<dd>
<p>Create a compressed tarball for v1.4.0 release.</p>
</dd>
<dt class="hdlist1"><code>git archive --format=tar.gz --prefix=git-1.4.0/ v1.4.0 &gt;git-1.4.0.tar.gz</code></dt>
<dd>
<p>Same as above, but using the builtin tar.gz handling.</p>
</d