ipfs get does not support zip compression

[qiwaa]

Version information:

go-ipfs version: 0.4.19-dev-
Repo version: 7
System version: amd64/darwin
Golang version: go1.11.1

Type:

enhancement

Description:

ipfs get does not support zip compression. Zip is used more widely in windows.

[magik6k]

This should be relatively simple to do:

1. Implement ZipWriter in go-ipfs-files based on https://github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-files/blob/master/tarwriter.go#L16
2. Add --zip option to ipfs got and make it swap this to the zip writer

[Kubuxu]

Do we really need this feature? One of the main reasons why we have a tar writer is because we use tar format for API we essentially get tar archive output for free by writing the API output to a file (and maybe compressing it on the way).

[qiwaa]

Yes, we use tar for writing the API output to a file. But in some windows systems, we can't open tar.

[lidel]

FWIW support for command line tar (BSD) has been included in Microsoft Windows since Windows 10 (2019):
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/containers/tar-and-curl-come-to-windows/ba-p/382409

Still, having support for ZIP would improve UX of #8234 significantly, allowing for gateway links to be used directly in places where TAR is not a feasible option.