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<refentry id="ostree">

    <refentryinfo>

        <title>ostree export</title>

        <productname>OSTree</productname>

        <authorgroup>

            <author>

                <contrib>Developer</contrib>

                <firstname>Colin</firstname>

                <surname>Walters</surname>

                <email>walters@verbum.org</email>

            </author>

        </authorgroup>

    </refentryinfo>

    <refmeta>

        <refentrytitle>ostree export</refentrytitle>

        <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>

    </refmeta>

    <refnamediv>

        <refname>ostree-export</refname>

        <refpurpose>Generate a tar archive from an OSTree commit</refpurpose>

    </refnamediv>

    <refsynopsisdiv>

            <cmdsynopsis>

                <command>ostree export</command> <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">OPTIONS</arg> <arg choice="req">BRANCH</arg>

            </cmdsynopsis>

    </refsynopsisdiv>

    <refsect1>

        <title>Description</title>

        <para>

	  This command generates a GNU tar formatted archive from an

	  OSTree commit.  This is useful for cases like backups,

	  converting OSTree commits into Docker images, and the like.

        </para>

    </refsect1>

    <refsect1>

        <title>Example</title>

        <para><command>$ ostree export exampleos/x86_64/standard | gzip > exampleos-standard.tar.gz</command></para>

    </refsect1>

</refentry>