GNU tar compatibility: Add `-G` / `--incremental`
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- Rust
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Description
This issue tracks a missing GNU tar compatibility feature.
Phase: Incremental Archives
High-level task: Add -G / --incremental
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Research direction
The issue identifies only the GNU tar compatibility phase and the -G / --incremental entry point; no files or tests are named. First locate the existing option-parsing and archive-handling entry points, then determine the required incremental-archive behavior and how it should be verified against GNU tar.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- rust
- Domain
- cli
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 30/100