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What version of ripgrep are you using?
15.2.0
How did you install ripgrep?
https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep/releases/download/15.2.0/ripgrep-15.2.0-x86_64-unknown-linux-musl.tar.gz
What operating system are you using ripgrep on?
Gentoo linux
Describe your bug.
mime type of ripgrep-15.2.0-x86_64-unknown-linux-musl.tar.gz is wrong.
It should be gzip compressed data, instead of DOS/MBR boot sector...
# (yyc@tdesk)-[~/Downloads]
$ file ripgrep-15.2.0-*
ripgrep-15.2.0-aarch64-apple-darwin.tar.gz: gzip compressed data, last modified: Wed Jul 15 16:09:11 2026, from Unix, original size modulo 2^32 4404224
ripgrep-15.2.0-x86_64-unknown-linux-musl.tar.gz: DOS/MBR boot sector
# (yyc@tdesk)-[~/Downloads]
$ file --mime-type ripgrep-15.2.0-*
ripgrep-15.2.0-aarch64-apple-darwin.tar.gz: application/gzip
ripgrep-15.2.0-x86_64-unknown-linux-musl.tar.gz: application/octet-stream
What are the steps to reproduce the behavior?
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download from: https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep/releases/download/15.2.0/ripgrep-15.2.0-x86_64-unknown-linux-musl.tar.gz
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execute
file ripgrep-15.2.0-x86_64-unknown-linux-musl.tar.gz
What is the actual behavior?
file reports dos boot sector
What is the expected behavior?
file should report gzip compressed data.
Please tick this box to confirm you have reviewed the above.
What version of ripgrep are you using?
15.2.0
How did you install ripgrep?
https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep/releases/download/15.2.0/ripgrep-15.2.0-x86_64-unknown-linux-musl.tar.gz
What operating system are you using ripgrep on?
Gentoo linux
Describe your bug.
mime type of ripgrep-15.2.0-x86_64-unknown-linux-musl.tar.gz is wrong.
It should be
gzip compressed data, instead ofDOS/MBR boot sector...What are the steps to reproduce the behavior?
download from: https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep/releases/download/15.2.0/ripgrep-15.2.0-x86_64-unknown-linux-musl.tar.gz
execute
What is the actual behavior?
filereportsdos boot sectorWhat is the expected behavior?
fileshould report gzip compressed data.