The sorted() function takes a key= parameter
newlist = sorted(list_to_be_sorted, key=lambda d: d['name'])
Alternatively, you can use operator.itemgetter instead of defining the function yourself
from operator import itemgetter
newlist = sorted(list_to_be_sorted, key=itemgetter('name'))
For completeness, add reverse=True to sort in descending order
newlist = sorted(list_to_be_sorted, key=itemgetter('name'), reverse=True)
Probably the simplest way to achieve this is with git archive. If you really need just the expanded tree you can do something like this.
git archive master | tar -x -C /somewhere/else
Most of the time that I need to 'export' something from git, I want a compressed archive in any case so I do something like this.
git archive master | bzip2 >source-tree.tar.bz2
ZIP archive:
git archive --format zip --output /full/path/to/zipfile.zip master
git help archive for more details, it's quite flexible.
Be aware that even though the archive will not contain the .git directory, it will, however, contain other hidden git-specific files like .gitignore, .gitattributes, etc. If you don't want them in the archive, make sure you use the export-ignore attribute in a .gitattributes file and commit this before doing your archive. Read more...
Note: If you are interested in exporting the index, the command is
git checkout-index -a -f --prefix=/destination/path/
(See Greg's answer for more details)
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This is the method I use:
http://servername/site/_vti_bin/owssvr.dll?Cmd=Display&List=YOURUNIQUELISTID&XMLDATA=TRUE
Works like a charm.