kevva / kevva/bin-wrapper

Expose decompressing

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Description

`bin-wrapper` is a bit of a black-box if the use-case doesn't fit exactly how `bin-wrapper` works.

For example I had the need to decompress `.tar.xz` which requires a plugin to `decompress` and this is impossible because of all the leaky abstractions.

I had to [hack](https://github.com/sindresorhus/infer-bin/blob/5a14b7c4154401caea84d538764c5a1ddac53c40/lib/index.js#L18-L38) around in the meantime...

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Research direction

Start by reading the bin-wrapper API and the linked workaround in infer-bin/lib/index.js, then inspect how the decompress dependency is hidden. Compare the requested .tar.xz use case with decompress's plugin requirement. Done means callers can provide the needed decompression behavior without relying on leaky internal abstractions.

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Assessment

Tech stack
javascript
Domain
tooling
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
30/100

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