Git archive of repository with uncommitted changes

Question

How can I create an archive of the current repository including local uncommitted changes using git archive?

Answer 1

a small bash script based on @fhucho's answer:

#backup.sh
#remove final "/"
repo=${1%"/"} 
#create $repo-backup.zip
cd $repo
git ls-files --others --exclude-standard --cached  | zip --names-stdin ../$repo-backup.zip
cd ..
ls -l $repo-backup.zip

usage:

. backup.sh myrepo