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+# assimilate-packer
+
+![](https://img.shields.io/badge/written%20in-bash-blue)
+
+A shell script to handle precomp+zpaq compression workflow.
+
+Zip archives of nearly-identical data might be almost entirely different after compression. Best compression can be had by unpacking the archives first; but naively doing so loses bit-exact archive reconstruction. By using a `precomp` pass, as well as a global deduplicating compressor, maximum storage efficiency can be achieved.
+
+- Parallel precomp scanning
+- Graphical extraction interface
+- Dependencies: `precomp`, `zpaq`, `dialog`, and GNU Parallel
+- Assumes Cygwin, although porting would be possible
+
+## Usage
+
+
+```
+Usage:
+  assimilate [options]
+
+Options:
+  {no option argument}  Begin interactive pack/unpack workflow
+  --child 'arg'         (Internal use only)
+  --help                Display this message
+  --pack                Immediately pack
+  --unpack-menu         Begin interactive unpack workflow
+```
+
+
+## Changelog
+
+2015-11-08: r04
+- Fix an issue packing and unpacking un-`precomp`-able files
+- [⬇️ assimilate-packer-r04.tar.xz](dist-archive/assimilate-packer-r04.tar.xz) *(1.69 KiB)*
+
+
+2015-11-08: r01
+- Inital public release
+- [⬇️ assimilate-packer-r01.tar.xz](dist-archive/assimilate-packer-r01.tar.xz) *(1.64 KiB)*
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