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Install git-archive-all with Homebrew, apk, dnf, Nix

Archive a project and its submodules. Version 1.23.1 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#git-archive-all.

Install commandSecurity notes

install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install git-archive-all

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Alpine Linux apkverified · 92%
sudo apk add git-archive-all

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · git-archive-all · source: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org

Fedora dnfverified · 92%
sudo dnf install git-archive-all

Fedora Rawhide package metadata · git-archive-all · source: dl.fedoraproject.org

Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#git-archive-all

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/gi/git-archive-all/package.nix · source: api.github.com

overview

Package summary

Archive a project and its submodules

Commands and aliases

  • git-archive-all

history

Project history and usage

git-archive-all is a Python command-line wrapper around git archive that archives a Git superproject together with its submodules.

Project history

The repository opened in 2010 to solve a practical packaging gap: git archive works well for one repository, but release tarballs often need the checked-out contents of submodules too. The project kept the interface close to git archive while adding recursive submodule traversal, export-ignore support, include paths, dry-run output, and compression control.

The changelog shows a maintenance phase focused on cross-platform archive correctness: tests and export-ignore handling in 2018, Windows and Apple Git compatibility fixes, non-Unicode filename handling, and a 2021 change to retrieve submodule lists via Git rather than parsing .gitmodules directly.

Adoption history

Adoption is utilitarian rather than broad-platform-defining. Its presence on PyPI, Homebrew, and Linux package sets reflects a common release-engineering need: produce source archives from repositories whose dependencies are tracked as Git submodules.

How it is used

Practitioners run git-archive-all with an output filename, optional base repository, prefix, export-ignore behavior, forced submodule update, include paths, dry-run mode, and compression level. It is typically used for release tarballs, vendor drops, or reproducible snapshots where submodules must be included.

Why package nerds care

Package maintainers care because missing submodules are a classic broken-source-tarball problem. git-archive-all offers a boring, scriptable answer that honors Git attributes and avoids inventing a new archive format.

Timeline

  • 2010: Repository created.
  • 2018: CHANGES.rst started tracking releases; tests and export-ignore handling were added.
  • 2018: Windows support and Apple Git compatibility fixes landed in the 1.19 series.
  • 2021: Version 1.23.0 began retrieving submodules via Git.
  • 2022: Version 1.23.1 added typing information to PyPI and source distributions.

Related projects

  • Related tools include Git's git archive command, Git submodules, .gitattributes export-ignore rules, PyPI packaging, and Homebrew formula packaging.

security posture

Risk level: blue

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal.

Risk classifier

blue risk · medium confidence · tool

Why

  • broad file, network, media, or database tool signal

Signals

  • text:archive

Install behavior

  • No Homebrew bottle metadata was recorded.

Recommended review

Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.

executables

Installed executables

CommandKindExposureNote
git-archive-allexecutableindexed executableDiscovered from the local executable index.

freshness

Version and freshness

These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.

page generated2026-08-03
manager version1.23.1
manager updated
local dataunknown
upstreamnot available
latest detectednot detected
  • okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:git-archive-all
Version1.23.1
Package managerHomebrew
Homepagehttps://github.com/Kentzo/git-archive-all
Repositoryhttps://github.com/Kentzo/git-archive-all
Bottlenot recorded
Servicenone declared

source database matches

Other package-manager records

Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.

Nix95%

git-archive-all

nix profile install nixpkgs#git-archive-all
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Git Archive All
nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/gi/git-archive-all/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
apk95%

git-archive-all 1.23.1-r5

Wrapper for git-archive that archives a git superproject and its submodules

https://github.com/Kentzo/git-archive-all

sudo apk add git-archive-all
  • License: MIT
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: git-archive-all
  • 1 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Git Archive All
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: git-archive-all from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
apk95%

git-archive-all-pyc 1.23.1-r5

Precompiled Python bytecode for git-archive-all

https://github.com/Kentzo/git-archive-all

sudo apk add git-archive-all-pyc
  • License: MIT
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: git-archive-all
  • 1 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Git Archive All
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: git-archive-all-pyc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
dnf95%

git-archive-all 1.23.1-17.fc45

Archive git repository with its submodules

https://github.com/Kentzo/git-archive-all

sudo dnf install git-archive-all
  • License: MIT
  • Category: Unspecified
  • Architecture: noarch
  • Source Package: git-archive-all
  • 3 dependencies
  • 3 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Git Archive All
Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dl.fedoraproject.org · Fedora Rawhide package metadata: git-archive-all from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst

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