What is the git(1) equivalent of "cvs export"?

What is the git(1)-based equivalent of the "cvs export" command, which checks-out a snapshot of the repository without needing or creating any administrative files (imagine that this is the first st开发者_运维技巧ep executed by an independent continuous-integration server). Does the git(1) equivalent use the git archive command?

Yes, git-archive is what you want.