repackage 1.0.30 → 1.2.1

data/lib/repackage/class/misc.rb

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+#!/usr/bin/ruby -w
+# Encoding: UTF-8
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+# =========================================================================== #
+# require 'repackage/class/misc.rb'
+# =========================================================================== #
+module Repackage
+
+class Repackage # === Repackage::Repackage
+
+  # ========================================================================= #
+  # === return_pwd
+  # ========================================================================= #
+  def return_pwd
+    "#{Dir.pwd}/".squeeze('/')
+  end
+
+  # ========================================================================= #
+  # === register_sigint
+  # ========================================================================= #
+  def register_sigint
+    Signal.trap('SIGINT') { exit }
+  end
+
+  # ========================================================================= #
+  # === remove
+  #
+  # Remove a file or a directory with this method.
+  # ========================================================================= #
+  def remove(i)
+    if File.directory?(i)
+      FileUtils.rm_rf(i) unless i.strip == '/' # A tiny safeguard.
+    elsif File.file?(i)
+      delete_file(i)
+    end
+  end; alias delete remove # === delete
+
+  # ========================================================================= #
+  # === delete_file
+  # ========================================================================= #
+  def delete_file(i)
+    File.delete(i)
+  end
+
+  # ========================================================================= #
+  # === rds
+  # ========================================================================= #
+  def rds(i)
+    i.squeeze '/'
+  end
+
+  # ========================================================================= #
+  # === cliner
+  # ========================================================================= #
+  def cliner
+    e rev+('=' * 80)
+  end
+
+  # ========================================================================= #
+  # === try_glob
+  #
+  # Try a glob with this method.
+  # ========================================================================= #
+  def try_glob(i)
+    return Dir[i+'*']
+  end
+
+  # ========================================================================= #
+  # === initialize
+  #
+  # The first argument given to this class should be the name, or the path,
+  # to a locally existing file, such as "foobar-1.0.tar.gz".
+  # ========================================================================= #
+  def initialize(
+      commandline_arguments = nil,
+      run_already           = true
+    )
+    register_sigint
+    reset
+    set_commandline_arguments(
+      commandline_arguments
+    )
+    # ======================================================================= #
+    # === Handle given blocks next
+    # ======================================================================= #
+    if block_given?
+      yielded = yield
+      case yielded
+      # ===================================================================== #
+      # === :do_not_delete_the_old_source
+      # ===================================================================== #
+      when :do_not_delete_the_old_source
+        set_shall_we_delete_old_source(false)
+      # ===================================================================== #
+      # === :run_already
+      # ===================================================================== #
+      when :run_already
+        run_already = true
+      else
+        if yielded.is_a? Hash
+          # ================================================================= #
+          # === :run
+          # ================================================================= #
+          if yielded.has_key? :run
+            run_already = yielded[:run]
+          end
+          # ================================================================= #
+          # === :delete_code_of_conduct
+          # ================================================================= #
+          if yielded.has_key? :delete_code_of_conduct
+            set_delete_code_of_conduct(
+              yielded[:delete_code_of_conduct]
+            )
+          end
+        end
+      end
+    end
+    run if run_already
+  end
+
+  # ========================================================================= #
+  # === reset                                                     (reset tag)
+  # ========================================================================= #
+  def reset
+    # ======================================================================= #
+    # === @namespace
+    # ======================================================================= #
+    @namespace = NAMESPACE
+    # ======================================================================= #
+    # === @internal_hash
+    # ======================================================================= #
+    @internal_hash = {}
+    # ======================================================================= #
+    # === :delete_code_of_conduct_file_if_it_exists
+    # ======================================================================= #
+    @internal_hash[:delete_code_of_conduct_file_if_it_exists] = DELETE_CODE_OF_CONDUCT_FILE_IF_IT_EXISTS
+    # ======================================================================= #
+    # === :file_size
+    # ======================================================================= #
+    @internal_hash[:file_size] = 0
+    set_extract_to_this_directory(:default)
+    set_start_dir
+    # ======================================================================= #
+    # === :repackage_into_this_format
+    #
+    # .tar.xz is the default target format.
+    # ======================================================================= #
+    set_repackage_to_this_format(:to_the_default_format)
+    # ======================================================================= #
+    # === :the_new_file_is_at
+    #
+    # This entry will keep track at which new location the file can be
+    # found.
+    # ======================================================================= #
+    @internal_hash[:the_new_file_is_at] = nil
+    set_shall_we_delete_the_old_archive(:default)
+  end
+
+  # ========================================================================= #
+  # === set_shall_we_delete_the_old_archive
+  # ========================================================================= #
+  def set_shall_we_delete_the_old_archive(
+      i = :default
+    )
+    case i
+    # ======================================================================= #
+    # === :default
+    # ======================================================================= #
+    when :default,
+         nil
+      i = SHALL_WE_DELETE_THE_OLD_ARCHIVE
+      if is_on_roebe?
+        i = true
+      end
+    end
+    @internal_hash[:shall_we_delete_the_old_archive] = i
+  end; alias set_shall_we_delete_old_source set_shall_we_delete_the_old_archive # === set_shall_we_delete_old_source
+
+  # ========================================================================= #
+  # === do_delete_code_of_conduct_file
+  # ========================================================================= #
+  def do_delete_code_of_conduct_file
+    @internal_hash[:delete_code_of_conduct_file_if_it_exists] = true
+  end
+
+  # ========================================================================= #
+  # === set_delete_code_of_conduct
+  # ========================================================================= #
+  def set_delete_code_of_conduct(i)
+    @internal_hash[:delete_code_of_conduct_file_if_it_exists] = i
+  end
+
+  # ========================================================================= #
+  # === repackage_into_which_format?
+  # ========================================================================= #
+  def repackage_into_which_format?
+    @internal_hash[:repackage_into_this_format]
+  end; alias repackage_to_which_format? repackage_into_which_format? # === repackage_to_which_format?
+       alias format?                    repackage_into_which_format? # === format?
+       alias target_format?             repackage_into_which_format? # === target_format?
+       alias target_format_type?        repackage_into_which_format? # === target_format_type?
+       
+  # ========================================================================= #
+  # === set_commandline_arguments
+  # ========================================================================= #
+  def set_commandline_arguments(i = '')
+    i = [i].flatten.compact
+    @commandline_arguments = i
+  end
+
+  # ========================================================================= #
+  # === commandline_arguments?
+  # ========================================================================= #
+  def commandline_arguments?
+    @commandline_arguments
+  end
+
+  # ========================================================================= #
+  # === first_argument?
+  # ========================================================================= #
+  def first_argument?
+    @commandline_arguments.first
+  end; alias first? first_argument? # === first?
+
+  # ========================================================================= #
+  # === internal_hash?
+  # ========================================================================= #
+  def internal_hash?
+    @internal_hash
+  end; alias hash? internal_hash? # === hash?
+
+  # ========================================================================= #
+  # === is_on_roebe?
+  # ========================================================================= #
+  def is_on_roebe?
+    ENV['IS_ROEBE'].to_s == '1'
+  end
+
+  # ========================================================================= #
+  # === set_work_on_these_files
+  # ========================================================================= #
+  def set_work_on_these_files(
+      i = @commandline_arguments
+    )
+    i = [i].flatten.compact
+    i.reject! {|entry| entry.start_with?('--') }
+    @work_on_these_files = i
+  end
+
+  # ========================================================================= #
+  # === cd                                                           (cd tag)
+  # ========================================================================= #
+  def cd(
+      where_to = extract_to?
+    )
+    case where_to
+    # ======================================================================= #
+    # === :to_the_start_dir
+    # ======================================================================= #
+    when :to_the_start_dir,
+         :start_dir
+      where_to = start_dir?
+    # ======================================================================= #
+    # === :to_the_original_dir
+    # ======================================================================= #
+    when :to_the_original_dir
+      where_to = the_original_dir?
+    end
+    Dir.chdir(where_to) if File.directory?(where_to)
+  end; alias chdir         cd # === chdir
+       alias change_dir    cd # === change_dir
+       alias change_dir_to cd # === change_dir_to
+  
+  # ========================================================================= #
+  # === consider_creating_the_working_directory
+  # ========================================================================= #
+  def consider_creating_the_working_directory(
+      i = working_directory?
+    )
+    unless File.directory? i
+      FileUtils.mkdir_p(i)
+    end
+  end
+
+  # ========================================================================= #
+  # === copy_this_file_to_the_working_directory
+  # ========================================================================= #
+  def copy_this_file_to_the_working_directory(
+      this_file
+    )
+    target = "#{working_directory?}#{File.basename(this_file)}"
+    File.delete(target) if File.exist?(target)
+    FileUtils.cp(
+      this_file, target
+    )
+  end
+
+  # ========================================================================= #
+  # === rev
+  # ========================================================================= #
+  def rev
+    ::Repackage.rev
+  end
+
+  # ========================================================================= #
+  # === extract_to_this_directory?
+  # ========================================================================= #
+  def extract_to_this_directory?
+    @internal_hash[:extract_to_this_directory]
+  end; alias working_directory? extract_to_this_directory? # === working_directory?
+
+  # ========================================================================= #
+  # === simp
+  # ========================================================================= #
+  def simp(i)
+    ::Repackage.simp(i)
+  end
+
+  # ========================================================================= #
+  # === sdir
+  # ========================================================================= #
+  def sdir(i)
+    ::Repackage.sdir(i)
+  end
+
+  # ========================================================================= #
+  # === sfile
+  # ========================================================================= #
+  def sfile(i)
+    ::Repackage.sfile(i)
+  end
+
+  # ========================================================================= #
+  # === swarn
+  # ========================================================================= #
+  def swarn(i)
+    ::Repackage.swarn(i)
+  end
+
+  # ========================================================================= #
+  # === consider_loading_the_colours_gem
+  # ========================================================================= #
+  def consider_loading_the_colours_gem
+    ::Repackage.consider_requiring_the_colours_gem
+  end
+
+  # ========================================================================= #
+  # === esystem
+  # ========================================================================= #
+  def esystem(i)
+    e i
+    system i
+  end
+
+  # ========================================================================= #
+  # === repackage_which_file?
+  # ========================================================================= #
+  def repackage_which_file?
+    @internal_hash[:repackage_this_file]
+  end; alias filename? repackage_which_file? # === filename?
+
+  # ========================================================================= #
+  # === remove_old_extracted_directory_should_it_exist
+  #
+  # This method will remove any extracted archive that exits
+  # at the target location. This will avoid "unclean"
+  # directories.
+  # ========================================================================= #
+  def remove_old_extracted_directory_should_it_exist(
+      i = rds("#{extract_to?}/#{remove_extension(filename?)}")
+    )
+    if File.directory?(i) # We remove a possibly-existing, extracted directory first.
+      e 'Removing the existing directory '\
+        'at `'+sdir(i)+'` next.'
+      remove(i)
+    end
+  end; alias remove_extracted_data remove_old_extracted_directory_should_it_exist # === remove_extracted_data
+
+  # ========================================================================= #
+  # === extract_to?
+  #
+  # Defaults to /home/x/Temp/ on my home system.
+  # ========================================================================= #
+  def extract_to?
+    @internal_hash[:extract_to_this_directory]
+  end; alias extract_to                 extract_to? # === extract_to
+       alias extract_to_this_directory? extract_to? # === extract_to_this_directory?
+       alias extracted_to?              extract_to? # === extracted_to?
+
+  # ========================================================================= #
+  # === orange
+  # ========================================================================= #
+  def orange(i)
+    ::Repackage.orange(i)
+  end
+
+  # ========================================================================= #
+  # === shall_we_delete_the_old_archive?
+  # ========================================================================= #
+  def shall_we_delete_the_old_archive?
+    @internal_hash[:shall_we_delete_the_old_archive]
+  end
+
+  # ========================================================================= #
+  # === consider_copying_the_new_archive_into_the_current_working_directory
+  # ========================================================================= #
+  def consider_copying_the_new_archive_into_the_current_working_directory
+    _ = away_with_the_archive_type(
+          extracted_to?+ # This part is like "/home/Temp/repackage/".
+          repackage_which_file?
+       )+
+       repackage_to_which_format?
+    if File.exist?(_)
+      cd(:to_the_original_dir)
+      new_target = return_pwd+File.basename(_)
+      opn; e 'Now copying '+sfile(_)+' to the current directory.'
+      opn; e 'It will then reside at '+sfile(new_target)+'.'
+      copy_file(_, new_target)
+      if File.exist? new_target
+        opn; e 'Done! The file can be found '\
+               'at '+sfile(new_target)+' now.'
+        set_the_final_location_is_at(File.absolute_path(new_target))
+        if shall_we_delete_the_old_archive?
+          remove_the_old_archive
+        end
+      else
+        opn; e 'No file at '+sfile(new_target)+' exists, '\
+               'thus we can not move anything.'
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+  # ========================================================================= #
+  # === start_dir?
+  # ========================================================================= #
+  def start_dir?
+    @internal_hash[:start_dir]
+  end
+
+  # ========================================================================= #
+  # === set_start_dir
+  # ========================================================================= #
+  def set_start_dir(
+      i = return_pwd
+    )
+    @internal_hash[:start_dir] = i
+  end
+
+  # ========================================================================= #
+  # === copy_file
+  # ========================================================================= #
+  def copy_file(this_file, to_that_location)
+    FileUtils.cp(this_file, to_that_location)
+  end
+
+  # ========================================================================= #
+  # === create_archive_from_this_directory                       (create tag)
+  # ========================================================================= # 
+  def create_archive_from_this_directory(
+      this_directory,
+      repackage_to_this_format = repackage_to_which_format?
+    )
+    esystem "#{COMMAND_TO_CREATE_A_TAR_XZ_ARCHIVE} #{this_directory}#{repackage_to_this_format} #{File.basename(this_directory)}"
+  end; alias package_this_directory create_archive_from_this_directory # === package_this_directory
+
+  # ========================================================================= #
+  # === set_repackage_to_this_format
+  #
+  # We will repackage to this format here.
+  # ========================================================================= #
+  def set_repackage_to_this_format(
+      i = :default_format
+    )
+    i = i.downcase if i and i.is_a?(String) # Only want it downcased.
+    case i # case tag
+    # ======================================================================= #
+    # === nil
+    # ======================================================================= #
+    when nil, # Assume a default here.
+         :default,
+         :default_format,
+         :to_the_default_format
+      i = DEFAULT_TARGET_FORMAT_TYPE
+    # ======================================================================= #
+    # === .tar.xz
+    # ======================================================================= #
+    when 'xz',
+         'tar.xz'
+      i = '.tar.xz'
+    # ======================================================================= #
+    # === .tar.bz2
+    # ======================================================================= #
+    when 'bz2',
+         '.tar.bz2'
+      i = '.tar.bz2'
+    # ======================================================================= #
+    # === .tar.gz
+    # ======================================================================= #
+    when 'targz',
+         'gz',
+         'tar.gz'
+      i = '.tar.gz'
+    else # else tag
+      # warn 'Did not find registered format type.'
+    end
+    @internal_hash[:repackage_to_this_format] = i
+  end; alias set_target_format_type set_repackage_to_this_format # === set_target_format_type
+       alias format=                set_repackage_to_this_format # === format=
+
+  # ========================================================================= #
+  # === is_it_already_in_the_correct_archive_format?
+  # ========================================================================= #
+  def is_it_already_in_the_correct_archive_format?(this_file)
+    this_file.include? target_format?
+  end
+
+  # ========================================================================= #
+  # === repackage_to_this_format?
+  # ========================================================================= #
+  def repackage_to_this_format?
+    @internal_hash[:repackage_to_this_format]
+  end; alias repackage_to_which_format? repackage_to_this_format? # === repackage_to_which_format?
+       alias target_format?             repackage_to_this_format? # === target_format?
+       alias target_format_type?        repackage_to_this_format? # === target_format_type?
+
+  # ========================================================================= #
+  # === determine_file_size
+  # ========================================================================= #
+  def determine_file_size(
+      i = repackage_which_file?
+    )
+    if i and File.exist?(i)
+      @internal_hash[:file_size] = File.stat(i).size? # Obtain some information.
+    end
+  end
+
+  # ========================================================================= #
+  # === set_repackage_this_file
+  # ========================================================================= #
+  def set_repackage_this_file(this_file)
+    this_file = this_file.first if this_file.is_a? Array
+    case this_file
+    # ======================================================================= #
+    # === :default
+    # ======================================================================= #
+    when :default,
+         nil
+      # ===================================================================== #
+      # Since as of May 2013 we try to fetch a random file from a list.
+      # ===================================================================== # 
+      _ = Dir['*'].reject {|entry| File.directory? entry}
+      this_file = _.first if _.size == 1 # if we only have one entry, continue here.
+    # ======================================================================= #
+    # === --last
+    # ======================================================================= #
+    when /^-?-?last(-|_)?downloaded$/i,
+         /^-?-?last$/i,
+         '-l'
+      this_file = File.readlines(LAST_DOWNLOADED_FILE).first
+      # ===================================================================== #
+      # The format of the file has changed a bit. We have to check
+      # whether it includes a '#' character. If so then we discard
+      # all that comes after said '#' token.
+      # ===================================================================== #
+      if this_file.include? '#'
+        this_file = this_file[0 .. (this_file.index('#')-1)].strip
+      end
+    end
+    this_file = this_file.to_s.dup # Keep a copy.
+    if File.directory?(this_file) and !this_file.end_with?('/')
+      this_file << '/'
+    end
+    if this_file.nil? or this_file.empty?
+      raise 'Please provide a valid archive to repackage.'
+    end
+    @internal_hash[:repackage_this_file] = this_file
+    if this_file and File.exist?(this_file)
+      # ===================================================================== #
+      # === :original_directory_where_the_archive_was_kept
+      #
+      # This entry point will always refer to the directory where the
+      # archive was originally situated in.
+      # ===================================================================== #
+      @internal_hash[:original_directory_where_the_archive_was_kept] = rds(
+        File.absolute_path(
+          File.dirname(this_file)
+        )+'/'
+      )
+    end
+  end; alias set_package set_repackage_this_file # === set_package
+
+  # ========================================================================= #
+  # === opn
+  # ========================================================================= #
+  def opn
+    if Object.const_defined? :Opn
+      Opn.opn(namespace: NAMESPACE)
+    else
+      # else do nothing.
+    end
+  end
+
+  # ========================================================================= #
+  # === the_final_location_is_at?
+  # ========================================================================= #
+  def the_final_location_is_at?
+    @internal_hash[:the_new_file_is_at]
+  end; alias the_new_file_is_at? the_final_location_is_at? # === the_new_file_is_at?
+       alias the_file_is_where?  the_final_location_is_at? # === the_file_is_where?
+
+  # ========================================================================= #
+  # === set_the_new_file_is_at
+  # ========================================================================= #
+  def set_the_new_file_is_at(i = nil)
+    @internal_hash[:the_new_file_is_at] = i
+  end; alias set_final_location           set_the_new_file_is_at # === set_final_location
+       alias set_the_final_location_is_at set_the_new_file_is_at # === set_the_final_location_is_at
+
+  # ========================================================================= #
+  # === dir_where_the_archive_resides?
+  # ========================================================================= #
+  def dir_where_the_archive_resides?
+    @internal_hash[:original_directory_where_the_archive_was_kept]
+  end; alias the_original_dir? dir_where_the_archive_resides? # === the_original_dir?
+
+  # ========================================================================= #
+  # === menu
+  # ========================================================================= #
+  def menu(
+      i = commandline_arguments?
+    )
+    if i.is_a? Array
+      i.select {|inner_entry|
+        inner_entry.start_with?('--')
+      }.each {|entry| menu(entry) }
+    else
+      case i
+      # ===================================================================== #
+      # Let the user determine the format type here.
+      # ===================================================================== #
+      when /-?-?format(-|_)?type=(.+)$/i
+        set_target_format_type(
+          $2.to_s.dup
+        )
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+  # ========================================================================= #
+  # === warn_about_missing_file_then_exit
+  # ========================================================================= #
+  def warn_about_missing_file_then_exit(
+      i = target_file?
+    )
+    opn;e swarn('The file `')+sfile(i)+
+          swarn('` does not exist. Must provide a valid path here.')
+    raise "The argument given must be the path to an existing "\
+          "(local) file.\nAs the path given does not appear "\
+          "to exist, this class can not continue."
+  end
+
+  # ========================================================================= #
+  # === run_the_proper_to_archive_command
+  #
+  # The argument to this method should be a String representing a
+  # directory.
+  # ========================================================================= #
+  def run_the_proper_to_archive_command(
+      on_this_directory
+    )
+    on_this_directory = on_this_directory.dup if on_this_directory.frozen?
+    target_format = repackage_to_which_format?
+    case target_format # case tag
+    # ======================================================================= #
+    # === .tar.xz
+    # ======================================================================= #
+    when /\.tar\.xz/i
+      esystem "#{COMMAND_TO_CREATE_A_TAR_XZ_ARCHIVE} "\
+              "#{on_this_directory}#{repackage_to_which_format?} "\
+              "#{File.basename(on_this_directory)}"
+    # ======================================================================= #
+    # === .tar.gz
+    # ======================================================================= #
+    when /\.tar\.gz/i
+      esystem "#{COMMAND_TO_CREATE_A_TAR_GZ_ARCHIVE} "\
+              "#{on_this_directory}#{repackage_to_which_format?} "\
+              "#{File.basename(on_this_directory)}"
+    # ======================================================================= #
+    # === .tar.bz2
+    # ======================================================================= #
+    when /\.tar\.bz2/i
+      esystem "#{COMMAND_TO_CREATE_A_TAR_BZ2_ARCHIVE} "\
+              "#{on_this_directory}#{repackage_to_which_format?} "\
+              "#{File.basename(on_this_directory)}"
+    # ======================================================================= #
+    # === .zip
+    # ======================================================================= #
+    when /\.zip/i
+      esystem "#{COMMAND_TO_CREATE_A_ZIP_ARCHIVE} "\
+              "#{on_this_directory}#{repackage_to_which_format?} "\
+              "#{File.basename(on_this_directory)}"
+    else
+      e 'Unknown target format: '+format.to_s
+    end
+  end
+
+  # ========================================================================= #
+  # === remove_the_old_archive
+  #
+  # Only call this when we are sure to remove the old source. I recommend
+  # to delete the old source. Of course we must make sure to delete the
+  # right package.
+  # ========================================================================= #
+  def remove_the_old_archive(
+      i = dir_where_the_archive_resides?+filename?
+    )
+    opn; e "Removing the old archive at #{sfile(i)}"
+    opn; e "next, as requested via the "\
+           "#{::Repackage.steelblue('SHALL_WE_DELETE_THE_OLD_ARCHIVE')} "\
+           "constant."
+    remove(i)
+  end
+
+  # ========================================================================= #
+  # === extract                                                 (extract tag)
+  #
+  # Extract it here. Before we do so, though, we must check if the target
+  # does not exist yet.
+  # ========================================================================= #
+  def extract(
+      what       = filename?,
+      extract_to = extract_to?
+    )
+    what = what.dup if what.frozen?
+    unless what.include? '/'
+      what = dir_where_the_archive_resides?+File.basename(what)
+    end
+    remove_extracted_data
+    Extracter.extract_what_to(what, extract_to)
+  end
+
+  # ========================================================================= #
+  # === do_repackage_the_assigned_files
+  # ========================================================================= #
+  def do_repackage_the_assigned_files(
+      i = @work_on_these_files
+    )
+    # ======================================================================= #
+    # The input may look like this:
+    #
+    #   ["Python-3.10.7.tar.gz"]
+    #
+    # ======================================================================= #
+    i.flatten.compact.each {|this_file|
+      # ===================================================================== #
+      # Clean up :the_new_file_is_at first:
+      # ===================================================================== #
+      @internal_hash[:the_new_file_is_at] = nil
+      set_the_final_location_is_at(nil) # This is also cleanup.
+      cliner
+      set_repackage_this_file(this_file)
+      determine_file_size if File.exist? this_file
+      if File.exist? this_file
+        # =================================================================== #
+        # === Consider refusing the repackage-action
+        #
+        # Check whether the file is already in the correct target archive
+        # format.
+        # =================================================================== #
+        if is_it_already_in_the_correct_archive_format?(this_file)
+          opn; e rev+'The file at '+sfile(this_file)+' is already in '\
+                 'the desired target format ('+target_format?+').'
+          opn; e "Repackaging into the same target format makes no sense, "\
+                 "thus aborting now."
+        else
+          opn; e 'We will try to repackage this archive into the `'+
+                  simp(target_format_type?)+'`'
+          opn; e 'format type.'
+          opn; e 'It will be extracted into the directory '+
+                  sdir(extract_to?)+'.'
+          # ================================================================= #
+          # Here we know that the file exists and that it can be repackaged
+          # into another target format. Thus, we can repackage it. We
+          # will delegate towards a method for this.
+          # ================================================================= #
+          repackage_this_particular_file(this_file)
+        end
+      else
+        # =================================================================== #
+        # Ok - in this case the file does not exist. We will first try
+        # to check if we have a number as input; if so we then we may
+        # try a glob-action. And if not, we will raise an error.
+        #
+        # This can be invoked like so:
+        #
+        #   repackagerb 1
+        #
+        # =================================================================== #
+        if this_file and (this_file =~ /^\d$/) # If input is a (positional) number like "3"
+          _ = Dir['*'].select {|entry| File.file?(entry) }.
+              sort[this_file.to_i - 1]
+          do_repackage_these_files([_])
+        else
+          # ================================================================= #
+          # Else we can still try a glob, before giving up.
+          # ================================================================= #
+          _ = try_glob(this_file) if this_file
+          if _.empty?
+            warn_about_missing_file_then_exit
+          else
+            first = _.first
+            if first and File.file?(first)
+              do_repackage_these_files([first])
+            end
+          end
+        end
+      end
+      cliner
+    }
+  end; alias do_repackage_these_files do_repackage_the_assigned_files # === do_repackage_these_files
+
+  # ========================================================================= #
+  # === remove_archive_from
+  #
+  # The proper order does matter in this method.
+  # ========================================================================= #
+  def remove_archive_from(i)
+    i.delete_suffix('.xz').
+      delete_suffix('.gz').
+      delete_suffix('.bz2').
+      delete_suffix('.zip').
+      delete_suffix('.tgz').
+      delete_suffix('.tar')
+  end; alias remove_extension           remove_archive_from # === remove_extensions
+       alias remove_file_extension_from remove_archive_from # === remove_file_extension_from
+       alias away_with_the_archive_type remove_archive_from # === away_with_the_archive_type
+
+  # ========================================================================= #
+  # === repackage_this_particular_file
+  # ========================================================================= #
+  def repackage_this_particular_file(this_file)
+    opn; e rev+'The file '+sfile(this_file)+' will be repackaged '\
+           'into the '+orange(repackage_to_which_format?)+' format.'
+    copy_this_file_to_the_working_directory(this_file)
+    working_directory = working_directory?
+    cd(working_directory) # Go to the working directory.
+    set_start_dir(working_directory)
+    opn; e 'Working from the directory `'+sdir(working_directory)+'` next.'
+    absolute_path = File.absolute_path(this_file)
+    opn; e 'The actual file that will be used for the '\
+           'repackaging'
+    opn; e 'step now resides at: '
+    e
+    e "  #{sdir(absolute_path)}"
+    e
+    # ======================================================================= #
+    # Ok, now we have to extract it.
+    # ======================================================================= #
+    if File.exist? absolute_path
+      extract(absolute_path)
+      if DELETE_CODE_OF_CONDUCT_FILE_IF_IT_EXISTS
+        target = return_pwd+
+                 remove_archive_from(
+                   File.basename(repackage_which_file?)
+                 )
+        all_files = Dir[target+'/*']
+        if all_files.any? {|file_path| file_path.include?('CODE_OF_CONDUCT') }
+          # In this case we found at the least one code-of-conduct files.
+          # Delete it now.
+          selection = all_files.select {|file_path|
+            file_path.include?('CODE_OF_CONDUCT') and File.file?(file_path)
+          }
+          selection.each {|this_file|
+            opn; e 'Now deleting the file '+sfile(this_file)
+            opn; e 'as requested by the user.'
+            delete_file(this_file)
+          }
+        end
+      end
+      # ===================================================================== #
+      # If all went well then we can now create the new desired target
+      # format. So if that format is '.tar.xz' then we will have to
+      # run the proper command that will create such a tarball for
+      # us next.
+      # ===================================================================== #
+      run_the_proper_to_archive_command(
+        remove_file_extension_from(
+          absolute_path # This here is e. g. "/home/x/Temp/repackage/htop-3.1.2.tar.gz".
+        )
+      )
+      consider_copying_the_new_archive_into_the_current_working_directory
+    end
+  end
+
+  # ========================================================================= #
+  # === set_extract_to
+  #
+  # Set the @extract_to variable here.
+  # ========================================================================= #
+  def set_extract_to(
+      i = DEFAULT_EXTRACT_TO_THIS_DIRECTORY # Must be the initial constant as default.
+    )
+    case i
+    # ======================================================================= #
+    # === :default
+    # ======================================================================= #
+    when :default,
+         nil
+      i = DEFAULT_EXTRACT_TO_THIS_DIRECTORY
+    end
+    i = i.to_s.dup
+    # ======================================================================= #
+    # The next clause is an override, in particular for my home system.
+    # ======================================================================= #
+    if File.directory? '/home/x/Temp/'
+      i = '/home/x/Temp/repackage/'
+    elsif File.directory? '/home/Temp/'
+      i = '/home/Temp/repackage/'
+    end
+    i = '/tmp/' if i.empty? # Hardcoded rescue-step in this case.
+    i << '/' unless i.end_with? '/' # A directory has a trailing /.
+    @internal_hash[:extract_to_this_directory] = i
+  end; alias set_extract_to_this_directory set_extract_to # === set_extract_to_this_directory
+
+  # ========================================================================= #
+  # === run                                                         (run tag)
+  # ========================================================================= #
+  def run
+    menu
+    consider_loading_the_colours_gem
+    consider_creating_the_working_directory
+    set_work_on_these_files(@commandline_arguments)
+    do_repackage_the_assigned_files
+  end
+
+end; end