When trying to compress a file that is already a .tar file using a command like so: ouch c foo.tar foo.tar.zst, the result is a foo.tar.zst that contains a foo.tar, which contains the contents. This behaviour is not customisable and possibly undesirable - the user may want (as I did) a foo.tar.zst that directly contains the contents of foo.tar.
I think it would be better to prompt the user and/or add a flag to allow the user to specify what to do. The prompt would trigger when all three conditions are met:
There is only one input file.
The input file has extension .tar.
The selected output format is *.tar.*.
I would like to submit a PR for this if time allows, but it may not. If anyone wants to claim this please go ahead.
Version
0.5.1
Description
When trying to compress a file that is already a
.tarfile using a command like so:ouch c foo.tar foo.tar.zst, the result is afoo.tar.zstthat contains afoo.tar, which contains the contents. This behaviour is not customisable and possibly undesirable - the user may want (as I did) afoo.tar.zstthat directly contains the contents offoo.tar.I think it would be better to prompt the user and/or add a flag to allow the user to specify what to do. The prompt would trigger when all three conditions are met:
.tar.*.tar.*.I would like to submit a PR for this if time allows, but it may not. If anyone wants to claim this please go ahead.