Is there any way to save Git history into a ZIP file?

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I'm a beginner in using Git as version control. I need to compile my Git History and compress it into a ZIP file. But I can't seem to find a way to find the physical file that shows Git History. The IDE I've used to develop my project is VS Code.

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git offers a built in way to get the history of a repository in one single file : git bundle. Check git help bundle for details.


The complete state of your repo is stored in the hidden .git/ directory in the root directory. Archive that directory and you will have a backup of your repo.

Note that the content of that directory is basically already zipped, so there isn't much gain (in bytes) to expect from compressing it.