Re: [PATCH - stgit] Patch to allow import of compressed files

[Clark Williams <clark.williams@gmail.com>]

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA1

Asheesh Laroia wrote:
> 
> Peanut gallery question: Why not just always try these methods and catch
> some format exception if they fail, proceeding to the next possible
> decompressor (proceeding on to no decompressor)?
> 
> That way if a file is called .GZ, it will still be handled properly; in
> fact, all files would still be handled properly.  And these formats
> leave notes in the first few bytes of the file as to if they should be
> tried, so it's not as if it would come at some performance cost.

Interesting thought. Do all the decompressors throw an error if the input format
isn't recognized?

Clark
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux)
Comment: Using GnuPG with Fedora - http://enigmail.mozdev.org

iEYEARECAAYFAkhOiDMACgkQqA4JVb61b9fixACfZLtxY20tXyZA5oLHTBSm5JPj
ApQAnRsb6RkA2YKB5UXhXiEezMm1j1ZS
=Y7ZK
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----