mercurial/archival.py
changeset 36447 588048a6a8d3
parent 36437 745b0df08514
child 36707 bfe23afea361
--- a/mercurial/archival.py	Mon Feb 26 16:23:12 2018 +0530
+++ b/mercurial/archival.py	Mon Feb 26 17:25:46 2018 +0530
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@
 
         def taropen(mode, name='', fileobj=None):
             if kind == 'gz':
-                mode = mode[0]
+                mode = mode[0:1]
                 if not fileobj:
                     fileobj = open(name, mode + 'b')
                 gzfileobj = self.GzipFileWithTime(name, mode + 'b',