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v0

v0.17.0

Jan 22, 2026

v0.16.0

Nov 18, 2025

v0.15.0

Oct 8, 2025

v0.14.0

Aug 30, 2025

v0.13.0

Jul 11, 2025

v0.12.0

Apr 25, 2025

v0.11.0

Jan 31, 2025

v0.10.0

Dec 12, 2024

v0.9.0

Dec 5, 2024

v0.8.1

Sep 13, 2024

v0.8.0

Aug 14, 2024

Changes in this version

type TarOption

+ func WithSkipGzip() TarOption

v0.7.0

Apr 26, 2024

v0.6.0

Apr 2, 2024

v0.4.0

Nov 6, 2023

v0.3.0

Sep 29, 2023

Changes in this version

type TarOption

+ func WithSkipSymlinks() TarOption

v0.2.0

Oct 18, 2022

v0.1.0

Oct 10, 2022

Changes in this version

+ const DefaultMaxUntarSize

+ const UnlimitedUntarSize

+ func Untar(r io.Reader, dir string, inOpts ...TarOption) (err error)

+ type TarOption func(*tarOpts)

+ func WithMaxUntarSize(max int) TarOption