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+import os
+import pytest
+import tarfile
+from thefuck.rules.dirty_untar import match, get_new_command, side_effect
+from tests.utils import Command
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def tar_error(tmpdir):
+    def fixture(filename):
+        path = os.path.join(str(tmpdir), filename)
+
+        def reset(path):
+            with tarfile.TarFile(path, 'w') as archive:
+                for file in ('a', 'b', 'c'):
+                    with open(file, 'w') as f:
+                        f.write('*')
+
+                    archive.add(file)
+
+                    os.remove(file)
+
+            with tarfile.TarFile(path, 'r') as archive:
+                archive.extractall()
+
+        os.chdir(str(tmpdir))
+        reset(path)
+
+        assert(set(os.listdir('.')) == {filename, 'a', 'b', 'c'})
+
+    return fixture
+
+parametrize_filename = pytest.mark.parametrize('filename', [
+    'foo.tar',
+    'foo.tar.gz',
+    'foo.tgz'])
+
+parametrize_script = pytest.mark.parametrize('script, fixed', [
+    ('tar xvf {}', 'mkdir -p foo && tar xvf {} -C foo'),
+    ('tar -xvf {}', 'mkdir -p foo && tar -xvf {} -C foo'),
+    ('tar --extract -f {}', 'mkdir -p foo && tar --extract -f {} -C foo')])
+
+@parametrize_filename
+@parametrize_script
+def test_match(tar_error, filename, script, fixed):
+    tar_error(filename)
+    assert match(Command(script=script.format(filename)), None)
+
+
+@parametrize_filename
+@parametrize_script
+def test_side_effect(tar_error, filename, script, fixed):
+    tar_error(filename)
+    side_effect(Command(script=script.format(filename)), None)
+    assert(os.listdir('.') == [filename])
+
+
+@parametrize_filename
+@parametrize_script
+def test_get_new_command(tar_error, filename, script, fixed):
+    tar_error(filename)
+    assert get_new_command(Command(script=script.format(filename)), None) == fixed.format(filename)