microsoft / microsoft/RecursiveExtractor
Support for MSI Format
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- Dominant language
- C#
- Stars
- 220
- Forks
- 35
- Avg merge
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Description
The MSI installer format is not dissimilar to an archive of many files.
There is a .NET Framework library for parsing MSI files, but no nuget is published. It may be possible to fork lessmsi and add MSI extraction support, or write it from scratch.
Contributor guide
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First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
The issue names no repository files or tests. Start by reviewing the existing archive extraction handlers and the linked lessmsi source, then determine whether MSI support should use that project or a new implementation; done means MSI files can be extracted alongside the formats already supported by RecursiveExtractor.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- csharp
- Domain
- tooling
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100