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Re:Show HN: Stamp turns a folder into a plain text file and ... by layer8 on Sunday February 07, 2021 @03:23PM (#26057879)
Yes, the only real advantage over zip files seems to be the parameter substitution. I’d rather build that on top of the zip format, which supports extension by custom fields, and provide a wrapper around zip/unzip that adds the substitution functionality. Users of regular zip could still use the zip files then, just without automatic substitution.
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Re:Show HN: Stamp turns a folder into a plain text file and ... by wruza on Monday February 08, 2021 @02:38AM (#26061777)
Zip unpackers usually spill files into already populated directories or create double foldered contents, depending on how you prefer to unpack them: <here> or <into zipname>. The only app that does the right thing is The Unarchiver from AppStore. All other unpackers on all platforms force you to look into the zip file before unpacking. This is annoying AF.

I can’t tell from the article, but if it allowed “unstamp -“ and then simply copy-pasting into stdin from a site, that would be great.

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