Expose format option to cli and python api#190
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Summary
This PR adds the ability to manually specify the archive format for extract, list, test, and create operations in both the CLI and Python API, bypassing automatic format detection.
patool list archive --format 7zProblem
Patool relies on MIME type detection and file extension matching to determine archive format. When a file has an uncommon extension or no extension, patool may fail to detect the format even when I believe an underlying program (e.g. 7z) could handle it. This removes the need for the work around of renaming the file extension just to get it to work (e.g.
mv archive archive.7z)