A shepherd for your Appimages.
dwarfs: make executable for upgrade (ugh)
Aly Raffauf
(Jun 18, 2026, 12:55 PM EDT)
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internal/appherder/dwarfs.go
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internal/appherder/dwarfs.go
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func extractCommand(ctx context.Context, appimagePath, destDir string) *exec.Cmd {
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extract, err := exec.LookPath("dwarfsextract")
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if err == nil {
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// Extract only the desktop entry and icon files.
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return exec.CommandContext(ctx, extract,
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"--input="+appimagePath,
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"--output="+destDir,
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"--pattern=.DirIcon",
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)
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}
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// Fall back to the AppImage's own --appimage-extract. The file must be
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// executable for this to work.
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os.Chmod(appimagePath, 0o755)
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cmd := exec.CommandContext(ctx, appimagePath, "--appimage-extract")
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cmd.Dir = destDir
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return cmd