From cf5e98b6ea69590b169b4c0db77c8392cecc058c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: sharoninator <imossu7@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 8 Aug 2024 18:21:17 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] Added helper compress function.

---
 lib/core.js | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+)

diff --git a/lib/core.js b/lib/core.js
index 7c0a74d7..fd23abc8 100644
--- a/lib/core.js
+++ b/lib/core.js
@@ -593,6 +593,30 @@ Archiver.prototype.append = function(source, data) {
   return this;
 };
 
+/**
+ * A general compress function that checks whether the given path is a file or directory
+ * and adds data to the archive accordingly, then compresses it.
+ *
+ * @param {String} [inputPath] Path of file or folder of data to be compressed.
+ * @param {String} [outputPath] Path of where to save the archive.
+ * @return {this}
+ */
+Archiver.prototype.compress = function(inputPath, outputPath) {
+  const output = fs.createWriteStream(outputPath);
+  this.pipe(output);
+  fs.stat(inputPath, (err, stats) => {
+    if (err) {
+      return;
+    }
+    if (stats.isDirectory()) {
+      this.directory(inputPath);
+    } else if (stats.isFile()) {
+      this.file(inputPath, { name: path.basename(inputPath) });
+    }
+    this.finalize();
+  });
+};
+
 /**
  * Appends a directory and its files, recursively, given its dirpath.
  *