How to create local git repository from git archive?

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Is it possible to recreate a git repository locally from the extracted content of a Github repository archive ?

To add a little bit of context, my Android app downloads a git repository archive using DownloadManager and a Github repository archive link, then extracts it on the local storage of the device. I am looking to turn the content of this extracted archive into a local repository of the remote one and track its contents.

As far as I understand, archive only contains single snapshot of repository, but not entire history. — user4003407, Jan 17 '18 at 18:19

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 17 '18 at 18:32

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It is not, alas. The result of git archive contains neither commits nor other metadata.

The only way to track a remote repository is to clone it.

answered Jan 17 '18 at 18:32

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