This repository was archived by the owner on Aug 1, 2025. It is now read-only.
This repository was archived by the owner on Aug 1, 2025. It is now read-only.
Should document that the tar extraction will strip 1 leading component of filenames #39
Description
I apologize if this is actually documented somewhere outside of the code. I couldn't find it.
Currently, if your tarball looks like
file
dir/file
since strip is set to 1, you lose file, and most annoyingly if your whole tarball is just single file name components, you lose everything in the extraction - I just wrestled with this case myself before I learned all this about tar and the strip option.
I propose documenting this stripping as core assumption of binary-install, so people know how to pack their balls.