Blender | Deforming an Object Along a Curve
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- Blender
Prerequisites
Blender: v4.0.2
How to Set It Up
1|Use shift + a to add whichever curve object you like from the Curve menu, then shape the curve.

2|Add “Modifier > Curve” to the object.
3|Set the Deform Axis to the axis the object should follow.

That completes the setup.
Since I set the Deform Axis to X this time, moving the object’s transform location.x confirmed that it deforms along the curve.
Pitfalls I Ran Into
Combining this with a Follow Path constraint on the object didn’t give the motion I expected.