RE: “hg archive” command description

[Pietro Moras]

>  I hope that makes things clearer.Definitely
clearer. Now I'm ready for practical tests. Then I'll dare let you
know if any further doubts (I'm engaged in a thorough exploration of
Mercurial as available on an advanced IDE, that's to justify such
apparently fussy questions of mine). Thanks! - P.M. Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2014 09:26:18 -0700From: bhood2 at comcast.netTo: studio-pm at hotmail.comCC: mercurial at selenic.comSubject: Re: “hg archive” command description
  
    
  
  
    On 2/24/2014 8:36 AM, Pietro Moras wrote:
    
    
      
      Fine Bob,
           I begin to see. 
        Now, what's the use & purpose of option "--prefix"?
        Thanks for your answer.
        
    
    
    The command name, "archive", actually indicates that the
      working copy will be converted into an archive.  This is defined
      by the command as a single file that is in a supported "archive"
      format (e.g., "zip").  It will also just copy, file-for-file, each
      entry in the working copy to the destination location, making a
      copy of the working folder itself.  This is the default behavior.
    
    If you indicate an actual "archive" format, then you have
      the option to change the prefix for the files that are stored in
      the archive.  So, for example, say I create a Zip archive of a
      local working copy on my Windows machine:
    
       hg archive %TMP%\workingcopy.zip
    
    Then Mercurial will create a Zip archive where the files in
      the working folder will be contained in a single top folder called
      "workingcopy/".  You can use the "--prefix" command to change the
      actual containing folder.  So, this command:
    
       hg archive --prefix bob %TMP%\workingcopy.zip
    
    Would make an archive where working folder files are
      contained in a "bob/" folder instead.
    
    I hope that makes things clearer.
     		 	   		  
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