From ad327b0382a14f28d8f1842f7149d6d495d8269b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Catherine <whitequark@whitequark.org>
Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2026 04:55:32 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Fix collection of symlinks in tar archives.

---
 src/collect.go | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/collect.go b/src/collect.go
index 7cad534..9933351 100644
--- a/src/collect.go
+++ b/src/collect.go
@@ -84,7 +84,11 @@ func CollectTar(
 			header.Typeflag = tar.TypeSymlink
 			header.Mode = 0644
 			header.ModTime = metadata.LastModified
-			err = appendFile(&header, entry.GetData(), Transform_Identity)
+			header.Linkname = string(entry.GetData())
+			err = archive.WriteHeader(&header)
+			if err != nil {
+				return fmt.Errorf("tar: %w", err)
+			}
 
 		default:
 			panic(fmt.Errorf("CollectTar encountered invalid entry: %v, %v",