glab-repo-archive(1)

glab-repo-archive1

Get an archive of the repository.

Usage

glab repo archive [] [] [flags]

Overview

Without a repository argument, archives the current repository. The repository accepts these shorthand references:

•

repo

•

namespace/repo

•

namespace/group/repo

The second argument sets the directory to download the archive into.

Options

-f, --format="zip"
Optional. Specify format if you want a downloaded archive: tar.gz, tar.bz2, tbz, tbz2, tb2, bz2, tar, zip.

-s, --sha=""
The commit SHA to download. A tag, branch reference, or SHA can be used. Defaults to the tip of the default branch if not specified.

Options inherited from parent commands

-h, --help[=false]
Show help for this command.

Examples

glab repo archive profclems/glab
# Downloads zip file of current repository
glab repo archive
# Downloads repo zip file into mydirectory
glab repo archive profclems/glab mydirectory
# Finds repo for current user and download in ZIP format
glab repo archive profclems/glab --format=zip

Releases

2 releases since Debian 13 (Trixie); the text changed 1 time.

  1. 13
  2. Arch

From glab 1.128.0-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-07. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.