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#!/usr/bin/env perl
use strict;
use warnings;

use File::Temp qw( tempdir tempfile );
use Archive::Any;
use File::LibMagic;
use Path::Class;

# This program will replace the content of any files contained in a tar,
# tar.gz or zip archive by random noise, while preserving the permissions
# and ownership (assuming all files in the archive have the same owner as
# the first file).
#
# It will skip unrecognized files. It requires GNU tar for extracting
# the archives and bsdtar for repacking them.
#
# Usage: anonymize-archives file ...

my $magic = File::LibMagic->new;

# process files given on the command line
while ( my $file = shift ) {

    # open the archive
    my $archive = eval {
        local $SIG{__WARN__} = sub { };    # no warnings from Archive::Any
        Archive::Any->new($file);
    } or do {
        print STDERR "Skipping $file\n";
        next;
    };
    my $type = $archive->type;
    print STDERR "Processing $file ($type)\n";

    # get the list of files
    my @files = $archive->files;

    # extract the archive in a temporary directory
    my $dir = tempdir( CLEANUP => 1 );

    # re-create an archive with same files and dummy content
    my $tmp = "$file.tmp";
    if ( $type eq 'tar' ) {

        # save differently if compressed
        my ($mime) = split ';', $magic->checktype_filename($file);
        my $gzip = $mime eq 'application/x-gzip' ? 'z' : '';

        # record list of files for tar
        ( undef, my $list ) = tempfile( UNLINK => 1 );
        file($list)->spew(
            [   map +( $archive->is_naughty ? substr( $_, 1 ) : $_ ) . "\n",
                @files
            ]
        );

        # extract archive
        `tar x${gzip}f $file -C $dir --delay-directory-restore`;

        # replace all file content with random data
        my @mtime;
        for my $path (@files) {
            my $mode;
            my $member = file( $dir, $path );
            unshift @mtime, [ ( ( stat $member )[9] ) x 2, "$member" ];
            next if -d $member;
            if ( !-w $member ) {
                $mode = ( stat $member )[2] if !-w $member;
                chmod 0644, $member;
            }
            $member->spew( pack "C*", map rand 256, 1 .. -s $member );
            chmod $mode, $member if $mode;
        }

        # restore date and time
        utime @$_ for @mtime;

        # pick up owner and group
        my $iter   = Archive::Tar->iter($file);
        my $member = $iter->();
        my @opts   = (
            '--uid'   => $member->uid,
            '--uname' => $member->uname,
            '--gid'   => $member->gid,
            '--gname' => $member->gname,
          ( '-s', ':^:/:', '--absolute-paths' )x!! $archive->is_naughty,
        );

        # repack the file
        `bsdtar -c${gzip}f $tmp -C $dir -T $list --no-recursion @opts`;
    }
    elsif ( $type eq 'zip' ) {

        # read the list of files and their properties
        my $old = Archive::Zip->new;
        $old->read($file) and do { warn "Error reading $file\n"; next };
        my @members = $old->members();

        # create a new zip file with dummy content
        my $zip = Archive::Zip->new;
        for my $member (@members) {
            $member->contents(
                pack "C*",
                map rand 256,
                1 .. $member->uncompressedSize
            );
            $zip->addMember($member);
        }

        # save the new zip
        $zip->writeToFileNamed($tmp);
    }
    else {
        print STDERR "Skipping $file ($type)\n";
        next;
    }

    # replace archive
    rename $tmp, $file;
}