serveRepo.go

package main

import (
    "archive/tar"
    "compress/gzip"
    "io"
    "os"
    "path/filepath"
)

func compress(src string, buf io.Writer) error {
	// tar > gzip > buf
	zr := gzip.NewWriter(buf)
	tw := tar.NewWriter(zr)

	// walk through every file in the folder
	filepath.Walk(src, func(file string, fi os.FileInfo, err error) error {
		// generate tar header
		header, err := tar.FileInfoHeader(fi, file)
		if err != nil {
			return err
		}

		// must provide real name
		// (see https://golang.org/src/archive/tar/common.go?#L626)
		header.Name = filepath.ToSlash(file)

		// write header
		if err := tw.WriteHeader(header); err != nil {
			return err
		}
		// if not a dir, write file content
		if !fi.IsDir() {
			data, err := os.Open(file)
			if err != nil {
				return err
			}
			if _, err := io.Copy(tw, data); err != nil {
				return err
			}
		}
		return nil
	})

	// produce tar
	if err := tw.Close(); err != nil {
		return err
	}
	// produce gzip
	if err := zr.Close(); err != nil {
		return err
	}
	//
	return nil
}