Quick-and-dirty git repository packer/unpacker

gitinafile

#!/bin/bash
if [ "$1" == "pack" ]; then
    BNAME=`basename $2`
    mkdir "._$BNAME"
    git format-patch --root -o "._$BNAME"
    git log > "._$BNAME/history.txt"
    tar -cJf "$2" -C "._$BNAME" .
    rm -r "._$BNAME"
elif [ "$1" == "unpack" ]; then
    BNAME=`basename $2`
    mkdir "._$BNAME"
    tar -xJf "$2" -C "._$BNAME/"
    rm "._$BNAME/history.txt"
    for line in `cd ._$BNAME && find . -type f | sort -n`; do
        if [ "$3" != "" ]; then 
            NUM=`echo $line | sed 's/^.\///g' | grep -o '^[0-9]*' | sed 's/^0*//g'`
            if [ $NUM -gt $3 ]; then
                break
            fi
        fi
        git apply --binary --whitespace=nowarn "._$BNAME/$line"
    done
    rm -r "._$BNAME"
elif [ "$1" == "history" ]; then
    tar -xOJf "$2" ./history.txt
else
    echo "Usage: gitinafile <pack|unpack|history> <file> [last]";
fi