Merge pull request #1482 from dtolnay/tarsymlink

Do not apply tar transform to symbolic link targets

Author: dtolnay

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Package sources into tar.gz
-        run: git ls-tree -r --name-only HEAD | tar --files-from=- --transform="s:^:${{github.event.repository.name}}-${{github.event.release.tag_name}}/:" --create --gzip --file=${{github.event.repository.name}}-${{github.ref_name}}.tar.gz
+        run: git ls-tree -r --name-only HEAD | tar --files-from=- --transform="flags=r;s:^:${{github.event.repository.name}}-${{github.event.release.tag_name}}/:" --create --gzip --file=${{github.event.repository.name}}-${{github.ref_name}}.tar.gz
       - name: Upload release archive
         run: gh release upload ${{github.ref_name}} ${{github.event.repository.name}}-${{github.ref_name}}.tar.gz
         env: