NOt sure if I&#39;m being helpful here, but certainly the way Ive used git (i.e getting stuff off github) is by using gitg (gitg --all &) once Ive created a local repository. Picking the version I want based on tag/date etc and doing a git checkout &lt;sha or tag&gt;.<br />Sorry havent used git-archive before<br /><br />On Jun 20, 2010 2:45pm, Jenny Hopkins &lt;hopkins.jenny@gmail.com&gt; wrote:<br />&gt; Hullo,<br />&gt; <br />&gt; <br />&gt; <br />&gt; Does anyone use GIT?<br />&gt; <br />&gt; <br />&gt; <br />&gt; I want to know if one can use git-archive to retrieve a tarball<br />&gt; <br />&gt; snapshot of head revision at or before an instructed date.  Google is<br />&gt; <br />&gt; not being my friend.<br />&gt; <br />&gt; <br />&gt; <br />&gt; Thanks,<br />&gt; <br />&gt; <br />&gt; <br />&gt; Jenny<br />&gt; <br />&gt; <br />&gt; <br />&gt; _______________________________________________<br />&gt; <br />&gt; main@lists.alug.org.uk<br />&gt; <br />&gt; http://www.alug.org.uk/<br />&gt; <br />&gt; http://lists.alug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/main<br />&gt; <br />&gt; Unsubscribe?  See message headers or the web site above!<br />&gt;