From 4d2643f79685966a3f4faee36d7795377ab38bd5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Greg Neagle <gregneagle@mac.com>
Date: Fri, 25 Sep 2020 14:30:03 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Add --compressed flag only if URL does not end in .gz.
 Addresses #68

---
 installinstallmacos.py | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/installinstallmacos.py b/installinstallmacos.py
index 0b817a6..bafe611 100755
--- a/installinstallmacos.py
+++ b/installinstallmacos.py
@@ -263,8 +263,11 @@ def replicate_url(full_url,
         options = '-sfL'
     curl_cmd = ['/usr/bin/curl', options,
                 '--create-dirs',
-                '--compressed',
                 '-o', local_file_path]
+    if not full_url.endswith(".gz"):
+        # stupid hack for stupid Apple behavior where it sometimes returns
+        # compressed files even when not asked for
+        curl_cmd.append('--compressed')
     if not ignore_cache and os.path.exists(local_file_path):
         curl_cmd.extend(['-z', local_file_path])
         if attempt_resume: