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cleanup readme a bit to make the cli more discoverable #353

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[![Go Reference](https://pkg.go.dev/badge/github.com/ipld/go-car.svg)](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/ipld/go-car)
[![Coverage Status](https://codecov.io/gh/ipld/go-car/branch/master/graph/badge.svg)](https://codecov.io/gh/ipld/go-car/branch/master)

> A library to interact with merkledags stored as a single file
> Work with car (Content addressed ARchive) files!

This is a Go implementation of the [CAR specifications](https://ipld.io/specs/transport/car/), both [CARv1](https://ipld.io/specs/transport/car/carv1/) and [CARv2](https://ipld.io/specs/transport/car/carv2/).
This is a Golang implementation of the [CAR specifications](https://ipld.io/specs/transport/car/), both [CARv1](https://ipld.io/specs/transport/car/carv1/) and [CARv2](https://ipld.io/specs/transport/car/carv2/).

Note that there are two major module versions:
As a format, there are two major module versions:

* [`go-car/v2`](v2/) is geared towards reading and writing CARv2 files, and also
supports consuming CARv1 files and using CAR files as an IPFS blockstore.
* `go-car` v0, in the root directory, just supports reading and writing CARv1 files.
* `go-car`, in the root directory, only supports reading and writing CARv1 files.

Most users should use v2, especially for new software, since the v2 API transparently supports both CAR formats.

## Usage / Installation

This repository provides a `car` binary that can be used for creating, extracting, and working with car files.

To install the latest version of `car`, run:
```shell script
go install github.com/ipld/go-car/cmd/car@latest
```

More information about this binary is available in [`cmd/car`](cmd/car/)


## Features

[CARv2](v2) features:
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* Write CARv2 files via [Read-Write blockstore](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/ipld/go-car/v2/blockstore#OpenReadWrite) API, with support for appending blocks to an existing CARv2 file, and resumption from a partially written CARv2 files.
* Individual access to [inner CARv1 data payload]((https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/ipld/go-car/v2#Reader.DataReader)) and [index]((https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/ipld/go-car/v2#Reader.IndexReader)) of a CARv2 file via the `Reader` API.

## Install

To install the latest version of the `car` executable, run:
```shell script
go install github.com/ipld/go-car/cmd/car@latest
```

This will install the `car` executable into `$GOPATH/bin/`

## API Documentation

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## Maintainers

* [Daniel Martí](https://github.com/mvdan)
* [Masih Derkani](https://github.com/masih)
* [Will Scott](https://github.com/willscott)

## Contribute

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[![](https://img.shields.io/badge/project-ipld-orange.svg?style=flat-square)](https://github.com/ipld/ipld)
[![](https://img.shields.io/badge/matrix-%23ipld-blue.svg?style=flat-square)](https://matrix.to/#/#ipld:ipfs.io)

> A CLI to interact with car files
> A CLI for interacting with car files

## Usage

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## Install

To install the latest version of `car` module, run:
To install the latest version of `car`, run:
```shell script
go install github.com/ipld/go-car/cmd/car@latest
```