explain why we use git archive

12 years ago · a78cbfbc6a
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@ -366,6 +366,7 @@ else
  checkoutroot="."
 fi

+# Checkout a subtree, without touching the index ("git checkout" would)
 (cd "$git_dir" && git archive --format=tar "$old" "$checkoutroot") | tar -xf -
 verbose_progress
 cd ../new || die "Cannot cd to new/"