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NPM windows install .zip download fails with TAR_BAD_ARCHIVE #247

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Steps to reproduce

In a Windows Powershell run:

npm i @tigrisdata/tigris-cli@1.0.0

You will see the following output:

npm ERR! code 1
npm ERR! path C:\Users\phil\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\@tigrisdata\tigris-cli
npm ERR! command failed
npm ERR! command C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe /d /s /c node install.js install
npm ERR! Downloading from URL: https://github.com/tigrisdata/tigris-cli/releases/download/v1.0.0/tigris_1.0.0_windows_amd64.zip
npm ERR! node:events:489
npm ERR!       throw er; // Unhandled 'error' event
npm ERR!       ^
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Error: TAR_BAD_ARCHIVE: Unrecognized archive format
npm ERR!     at Unpack.warn (C:\Users\phil\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\@tigrisdata\tigris-cli\node_modules\tar\lib\warn-mixin.js:21:40)
npm ERR!     at Unpack.warn (C:\Users\phil\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\@tigrisdata\tigris-cli\node_modules\tar\lib\unpack.js:229:18)
npm ERR!     at Unpack.<anonymous> (C:\Users\phil\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\@tigrisdata\tigris-cli\node_modules\tar\lib\parse.js:83:14)
npm ERR!     at Unpack.emit (node:events:523:35)
npm ERR!     at [emit] (C:\Users\phil\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\@tigrisdata\tigris-cli\node_modules\tar\lib\parse.js:303:12)
npm ERR!     at [maybeEnd] (C:\Users\phil\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\@tigrisdata\tigris-cli\node_modules\tar\lib\parse.js:426:17)
npm ERR!     at [consumeChunk] (C:\Users\phil\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\@tigrisdata\tigris-cli\node_modules\tar\lib\parse.js:458:21)
npm ERR!     at Unpack.write (C:\Users\phil\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\@tigrisdata\tigris-cli\node_modules\tar\lib\parse.js:385:25)
npm ERR!     at Unpack.end (C:\Users\phil\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\@tigrisdata\tigris-cli\node_modules\tar\lib\parse.js:505:14)
npm ERR!     at PassThrough.onend (node:internal/streams/readable:713:10)
npm ERR! Emitted 'error' event on Unpack instance at:
npm ERR!     at Unpack.onerror (node:internal/streams/readable:793:14)
npm ERR!     at Unpack.emit (node:events:511:28)
npm ERR!     at Unpack.warn (C:\Users\phil\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\@tigrisdata\tigris-cli\node_modules\tar\lib\warn-mixin.js:21:12)
npm ERR!     at Unpack.warn (C:\Users\phil\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\@tigrisdata\tigris-cli\node_modules\tar\lib\unpack.js:229:18)
npm ERR!     [... lines matching original stack trace ...]
npm ERR!     at Unpack.write (C:\Users\phil\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\@tigrisdata\tigris-cli\node_modules\tar\lib\parse.js:385:25) {
npm ERR!   recoverable: false,
npm ERR!   cwd: 'C:/tmp',
npm ERR!   code: 'TAR_BAD_ARCHIVE',
npm ERR!   tarCode: 'TAR_BAD_ARCHIVE'
npm ERR! }
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Node.js v20.1.0

However, if you download https://github.com/tigrisdata/tigris-cli/releases/download/v1.0.0/tigris_1.0.0_windows_amd64.zip directly you can unzip it, and it contains tigris.exe and a direction called completion.

Suggested fix

Unknown.

Determine why a valid zip file isn't a supported archive in the Tigris CLI installation process and work from there.

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