# 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 ```sh sudo av install brew:git-archive-all ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install git-archive-all ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - apk (92%): ```sh sudo apk add git-archive-all ``` Evidence: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: git-archive-all from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz - dnf (92%): ```sh sudo dnf install git-archive-all ``` Evidence: 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 - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#git-archive-all ``` Evidence: 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 ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:git-archive-all - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Version:** 1.23.1 - **Source summary:** Archive a project and its submodules - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00 ## Executables - git-archive-all (alias) ## Install behavior - Bottle: not available ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-08-03 - Package-manager version: 1.23.1 ## 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. ### Sources - - - - - ## Security Notes broad file, network, media, or database tool signal. - **Geiger risk:** blue / medium - broad file, network, media, or database tool signal ## Other Package-Manager Records - Nix - git-archive-all: normalized package name match | 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 - apk - git-archive-all - 1.23.1-r5: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: git-archive-all from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Wrapper for git-archive that archives a git superproject and its submodules | https://github.com/Kentzo/git-archive-all - apk - git-archive-all-pyc - 1.23.1-r5: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: git-archive-all-pyc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Precompiled Python bytecode for git-archive-all | https://github.com/Kentzo/git-archive-all - dnf - git-archive-all - 1.23.1-17.fc45: normalized package name match | 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 | Archive git repository with its submodules | https://github.com/Kentzo/git-archive-all ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/git-archive-all.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/git-archive-all.yml) ## Sources - pkg.so package database - Geiger risk classifier - curated package history - pkgdb category and tag curation - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph