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Title: Prefer gtar if available by cklin · Pull Request #2767 · github/codeql-action · GitHub

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Description: This PR changes the action to prefer gtar (over tar) if it is present. On MacOS runner images, gtar points to GNU tar, which is more robust when extracting zstd archives. Merge / deployment checklist Confirm this change is backwards compatible with existing workflows. Confirm the readme has been updated if necessary. Confirm the changelog has been updated if necessary.

Open Graph Description: This PR changes the action to prefer gtar (over tar) if it is present. On MacOS runner images, gtar points to GNU tar, which is more robust when extracting zstd archives. Merge / deployment checkli...

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