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moby/daemon/archive_tarcopyoptions.go
Sebastiaan van Stijn 9bcb12aa48 daemon: ContainerExtractToDir: make AllowOverwriteDirWithFile opt-in
This change changes the default for noOverwriteDirNonDir to be true
internally, with the intent to change the default at the API to follow
accordingly.

The `AllowOverwriteDirWithFile` option in the Client was added when
reimplementing the CLI using the API Client lib in [moby@1b2b91b].
Before that refactor, the `noOverwriteDirNonDir` query argument
[would be set unconditionally][1] by the CLI, with no options to
control the behavior.

The `noOverwriteDirNonDir` query parameter was added in [moby@db9cc91] to
set the `NoOverwriteDirNonDir` option that was implemented in pkg/archive
in [moby@a74799b].

It was added in [PR13171-comment2], following a discussion on the risk
of replacing a directory with a file and vice-versa in [PR13171-comment].

> In my latest changes from yesterday:
>
> - Removed the `GET stat-path` endpoint and added a `HEAD` handler to
>   the `archive-path` endpoint. Updated the api docs to reflect this.
>   Also moved api docs changes from `v1.19` to `v1.20`.
> - Added a `NoOverwriteDirNonDir` flag to `archive.TarOptions` to indicate
>   that we do not want to overwrite a directory with a non-directory (and
>   vice versa) when unpacking an archive.
> - Added a corresponding but optional `noOverwriteDirNonDir` parameter
>   to the `PUT extract-to-dir` endpoint to specify desired behavior.
>
> These changes combine to keep the behavior we want

It's unclear why these were added as an *option* and why it was implemented
as opt-in (not opt-out), as overwriting a file with a directory (or vice-versa)
would generally be unexpected behavior.

[1]: 8c9ad7b818/api/client/cp.go (L345-L346)
[moby@1b2b91b]: 1b2b91ba43
[moby@a74799b]: a74799b701
[moby@db9cc91]: db9cc91a9e
[PR13171-comment]: https://github.com/moby/moby/pull/13171#issuecomment-106559765
[PR13171-comment2]: https://github.com/moby/moby/pull/13171#issuecomment-108538643

Signed-off-by: Sebastiaan van Stijn <github@gone.nl>
2025-07-13 16:37:36 +02:00

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