func untar()

in src/startupscriptgenerator/src/common/compressionHelper.go [55:122]
41 lines of code
13 McCabe index (conditional complexity)

func untar(dst string, tarballFile string) error {
	r, err := os.Open(tarballFile)
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}

	gzr, err := gzip.NewReader(r)
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}
	defer gzr.Close()

	tr := tar.NewReader(gzr)

	for {
		header, err := tr.Next()

		switch {

		// if no more files are found return
		case err == io.EOF:
			return nil

		// return any other error
		case err != nil:
			return err

		// if the header is nil, just skip it (not sure how this happens)
		case header == nil:
			continue
		}

		// the target location where the dir/file should be created
		target := filepath.Join(dst, header.Name)

		// the following switch could also be done using fi.Mode(), not sure if there
		// a benefit of using one vs. the other.
		// fi := header.FileInfo()

		// check the file type
		switch header.Typeflag {

		// if its a dir and it doesn't exist create it
		case tar.TypeDir:
			if _, err := os.Stat(target); err != nil {
				if err := os.MkdirAll(target, 0755); err != nil {
					return err
				}
			}

		// if it's a file create it
		case tar.TypeReg:
			f, err := os.OpenFile(target, os.O_CREATE|os.O_RDWR, os.FileMode(header.Mode))
			if err != nil {
				return err
			}

			// copy over contents
			if _, err := io.Copy(f, tr); err != nil {
				return err
			}

			// manually close here after each file operation; defering would cause each file close
			// to wait until all operations have completed.
			f.Close()
		}
	}
}