Revert "Prefer gtar if available" #2771
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This PR reverts the previous change that preferred the use of GNU tar ("gtar") over the system tar, restoring the original behavior that uses BSD tar on macOS.
- Reverts the "prefer gtar" change as per codeql-action#2767.
- Removes the conditional logic that preferred "gtar", and the extra parameter from getTarVersion in both TypeScript and JavaScript implementations.
- Updates logging and error messages to consistently reference "tar" rather than a variable command name.
Changes
| File | Description |
|---|---|
| CHANGELOG.md | Updates the changelog to indicate that there are no user-facing changes. |
| src/tar.ts | Removes usage of gtar: simplifies getTarVersion and updates command logging to always use "tar". |
| lib/tar.js | Mirrors the TypeScript changes; removes pickTarCommand and updates error messages and logging accordingly. |
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Reverts #2767 now that we have #2768.
Using BSD tar on macOS minimises changes to the prod environment. It also means we only need to support (macOS, BSD tar) rather than (macOS, GNU tar) and (macOS, fallback to BSD tar). One drawback of reverting #2767 is that preferring GNU tar does mean we're using the same program to archive and extract the CodeQL Bundle.