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Archive HEAD

git archive --output=archive.zip HEAD

Archive HEAD with directory prefix (like github ZIP archive)

git archive --output=archive.zip --prefix=main HEAD

Archive changes between two commits (bash)

git archive --output=archive.zip HEAD $(git diff --name-only commit_ID_A commit_ID_B)

Archive changes between two commits (PowerShell)

git diff --name-only commit_ID_A commit_ID_B | Out-File -Encoding ASCII changes.txt
git archive --output=archive.zip HEAD -- $(Get-Content changes.txt)

Archive HEAD with excluded file/directory from .gitignore (e.g. .env, vendor, node_modules, etc.)

git archive --output=archive.zip HEAD
7z a -r archive.zip vendor
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