Cache package release for compression change in windows with symlink fix (#1291)

* Cache package release for compression change in windows This reverts commit 86fe4abd8e. * Add env variable to enable windows symlinks * Add cross os opt-in functionality for cache on windows * Fix test * Address review comments * Fix test * Fix tests * Fix tests * Fix tests * Address review comments * Address review comments * Fix tests * Fix tests * Add npm version * Add release details
2023-01-04 12:16:25 +05:30 · 2023-01-04 12:16:25 +05:30 · b2d865f180
parent c0b323a0bb
commit b2d865f180
14 changed files with 664 additions and 168 deletions
--- a/.github/workflows/cache-windows-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cache-windows-test.yml
@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+name: cache-windows-bsd-unit-tests
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+    paths-ignore:
+      - '**.md'
+  pull_request:
+    paths-ignore:
+      - '**.md'
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    name: Build
+
+    runs-on: windows-latest
+
+    steps:
+    - name: Checkout
+      uses: actions/checkout@v2
+
+    - shell: bash
+      run: |
+        rm "C:\Program Files\Git\usr\bin\tar.exe"
+
+    - name: Set Node.js 12.x
+      uses: actions/setup-node@v1
+      with:
+        node-version: 12.x
+
+    # In order to save & restore cache from a shell script, certain env variables need to be set that are only available in the
+    # node context. This runs a local action that gets and sets the necessary env variables that are needed
+    - name: Set env variables
+      uses: ./packages/cache/__tests__/__fixtures__/
+
+    # Need root node_modules because certain npm packages like jest are configured for the entire repository and it won't be possible
+    # without these to just compile the cache package
+    - name: Install root npm packages
+      run: npm ci
+
+    - name: Compile cache package
+      run: |
+        npm ci
+        npm run tsc
+      working-directory: packages/cache
+    
+    - name: Generate files in working directory
+      shell: bash
+      run: packages/cache/__tests__/create-cache-files.sh ${{ runner.os }} test-cache
+
+    - name: Generate files outside working directory
+      shell: bash
+      run: packages/cache/__tests__/create-cache-files.sh ${{ runner.os }} ~/test-cache
+
+    # We're using node -e to call the functions directly available in the @actions/cache package
+    - name: Save cache using saveCache()
+      run: |
+        node -e "Promise.resolve(require('./packages/cache/lib/cache').saveCache(['test-cache','~/test-cache'],'test-${{ runner.os }}-${{ github.run_id }}'))"
+
+    - name: Delete cache folders before restoring
+      shell: bash
+      run: |
+        rm -rf test-cache
+        rm -rf ~/test-cache
+
+    - name: Restore cache using restoreCache() with http-client
+      run: |
+        node -e "Promise.resolve(require('./packages/cache/lib/cache').restoreCache(['test-cache','~/test-cache'],'test-${{ runner.os }}-${{ github.run_id }}',[],{useAzureSdk: false}))"
+
+    - name: Verify cache restored with http-client
+      shell: bash
+      run: |
+        packages/cache/__tests__/verify-cache-files.sh ${{ runner.os }} test-cache
+        packages/cache/__tests__/verify-cache-files.sh ${{ runner.os }} ~/test-cache
+
+    - name: Delete cache folders before restoring
+      shell: bash
+      run: |
+        rm -rf test-cache
+        rm -rf ~/test-cache
+
+    - name: Restore cache using restoreCache() with Azure SDK
+      run: |
+        node -e "Promise.resolve(require('./packages/cache/lib/cache').restoreCache(['test-cache','~/test-cache'],'test-${{ runner.os }}-${{ github.run_id }}'))"
+
+    - name: Verify cache restored with Azure SDK
+      shell: bash
+      run: |
+        packages/cache/__tests__/verify-cache-files.sh ${{ runner.os }} test-cache
+        packages/cache/__tests__/verify-cache-files.sh ${{ runner.os }} ~/test-cache
--- a/packages/cache/RELEASES.md
+++ b/packages/cache/RELEASES.md
@ -91,3 +91,24 @@

 ### 3.0.6
 - Added `@azure/abort-controller` to dependencies to fix compatibility issue with ESM [#1208](https://github.com/actions/toolkit/issues/1208)
+
+### 3.1.0-beta.1
+- Update actions/cache on windows to use gnu tar and zstd by default and fallback to bsdtar and zstd if gnu tar is not available. ([issue](https://github.com/actions/cache/issues/984))
+
+### 3.1.0-beta.2
+- Added support for fallback to gzip to restore old caches on windows.
+
+### 3.1.0-beta.3
+- Bug Fixes for fallback to gzip to restore old caches on windows and bsdtar if gnutar is not available.
+
+### 3.1.0
+- Update actions/cache on windows to use gnu tar and zstd by default
+- Update actions/cache on windows to fallback to bsdtar and zstd if gnu tar is not available.
+- Added support for fallback to gzip to restore old caches on windows.
+
+### 3.1.1
+- Reverted changes in 3.1.0 to fix issue with symlink restoration on windows.
+- Added support for verbose logging about cache version during cache miss.
+
+### 3.1.2
+- Fix issue with symlink restoration on windows.
--- a/packages/cache/tests/cacheHttpClient.test.ts
+++ b/packages/cache/tests/cacheHttpClient.test.ts
@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ jest.mock('../src/internal/downloadUtils')

 test('getCacheVersion with one path returns version', async () => {
  const paths = ['node_modules']
-  const result = getCacheVersion(paths)
+  const result = getCacheVersion(paths, undefined, true)
  expect(result).toEqual(
    'b3e0c6cb5ecf32614eeb2997d905b9c297046d7cbf69062698f25b14b4cb0985'
  )
@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ test('getCacheVersion with one path returns version', async () => {

 test('getCacheVersion with multiple paths returns version', async () => {
  const paths = ['node_modules', 'dist']
-  const result = getCacheVersion(paths)
+  const result = getCacheVersion(paths, undefined, true)
  expect(result).toEqual(
    '165c3053bc646bf0d4fac17b1f5731caca6fe38e0e464715c0c3c6b6318bf436'
  )
@ -23,22 +23,33 @@ test('getCacheVersion with multiple paths returns version', async () => {

 test('getCacheVersion with zstd compression returns version', async () => {
  const paths = ['node_modules']
-  const result = getCacheVersion(paths, CompressionMethod.Zstd)
+  const result = getCacheVersion(paths, CompressionMethod.Zstd, true)

  expect(result).toEqual(
    '273877e14fd65d270b87a198edbfa2db5a43de567c9a548d2a2505b408befe24'
  )
 })

-test('getCacheVersion with gzip compression does not change vesion', async () => {
+test('getCacheVersion with gzip compression returns version', async () => {
  const paths = ['node_modules']
-  const result = getCacheVersion(paths, CompressionMethod.Gzip)
+  const result = getCacheVersion(paths, CompressionMethod.Gzip, true)

  expect(result).toEqual(
-    'b3e0c6cb5ecf32614eeb2997d905b9c297046d7cbf69062698f25b14b4cb0985'
+    '470e252814dbffc9524891b17cf4e5749b26c1b5026e63dd3f00972db2393117'
  )
 })

+test('getCacheVersion with enableCrossOsArchive as false returns version on windows', async () => {
+  if (process.platform === 'win32') {
+    const paths = ['node_modules']
+    const result = getCacheVersion(paths)
+
+    expect(result).toEqual(
+      '2db19d6596dc34f51f0043120148827a264863f5c6ac857569c2af7119bad14e'
+    )
+  }
+})
+
 test('downloadCache uses http-client for non-Azure URLs', async () => {
  const downloadCacheHttpClientMock = jest.spyOn(
    downloadUtils,
--- a/packages/cache/tests/restoreCache.test.ts
+++ b/packages/cache/tests/restoreCache.test.ts
@ -142,7 +142,8 @@ test('restore with gzip compressed cache found', async () => {

  expect(cacheKey).toBe(key)
  expect(getCacheMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith([key], paths, {
-    compressionMethod: compression
+    compressionMethod: compression,
+    enableCrossOsArchive: false
  })
  expect(createTempDirectoryMock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
  expect(downloadCacheMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
@ -201,7 +202,8 @@ test('restore with zstd compressed cache found', async () => {

  expect(cacheKey).toBe(key)
  expect(getCacheMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith([key], paths, {
-    compressionMethod: compression
+    compressionMethod: compression,
+    enableCrossOsArchive: false
  })
  expect(createTempDirectoryMock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
  expect(downloadCacheMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
@ -258,7 +260,8 @@ test('restore with cache found for restore key', async () => {

  expect(cacheKey).toBe(restoreKey)
  expect(getCacheMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith([key, restoreKey], paths, {
-    compressionMethod: compression
+    compressionMethod: compression,
+    enableCrossOsArchive: false
  })
  expect(createTempDirectoryMock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
  expect(downloadCacheMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
--- a/packages/cache/tests/saveCache.test.ts
+++ b/packages/cache/tests/saveCache.test.ts
@ -209,7 +209,9 @@ test('save with reserve cache failure should fail', async () => {

  expect(reserveCacheMock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
  expect(reserveCacheMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith(primaryKey, paths, {
-    compressionMethod: compression
+    cacheSize: undefined,
+    compressionMethod: compression,
+    enableCrossOsArchive: false
  })
  expect(createTarMock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
  expect(saveCacheMock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(0)
@ -253,7 +255,9 @@ test('save with server error should fail', async () => {

  expect(reserveCacheMock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
  expect(reserveCacheMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith(primaryKey, [filePath], {
-    compressionMethod: compression
+    cacheSize: undefined,
+    compressionMethod: compression,
+    enableCrossOsArchive: false
  })
  const archiveFolder = '/foo/bar'
  const archiveFile = path.join(archiveFolder, CacheFilename.Zstd)
@ -296,7 +300,9 @@ test('save with valid inputs uploads a cache', async () => {

  expect(reserveCacheMock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
  expect(reserveCacheMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith(primaryKey, [filePath], {
-    compressionMethod: compression
+    cacheSize: undefined,
+    compressionMethod: compression,
+    enableCrossOsArchive: false
  })
  const archiveFolder = '/foo/bar'
  const archiveFile = path.join(archiveFolder, CacheFilename.Zstd)
--- a/packages/cache/tests/tar.test.ts
+++ b/packages/cache/tests/tar.test.ts
@ -1,19 +1,29 @@
 import * as exec from '@actions/exec'
+import {exportVariable} from '@actions/core'
 import * as io from '@actions/io'
 import * as path from 'path'
-import {CacheFilename, CompressionMethod} from '../src/internal/constants'
+import {
+  CacheFilename,
+  CompressionMethod,
+  GnuTarPathOnWindows,
+  ManifestFilename,
+  SystemTarPathOnWindows,
+  TarFilename
+} from '../src/internal/constants'
 import * as tar from '../src/internal/tar'
 import * as utils from '../src/internal/cacheUtils'
 // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-require-imports
 import fs = require('fs')

+exportVariable('MSYS', 'winsymlinks:nativestrict')
+
 jest.mock('@actions/exec')
 jest.mock('@actions/io')

 const IS_WINDOWS = process.platform === 'win32'
 const IS_MAC = process.platform === 'darwin'

-const defaultTarPath = process.platform === 'darwin' ? 'gtar' : 'tar'
+const defaultTarPath = IS_MAC ? 'gtar' : 'tar'

 function getTempDir(): string {
  return path.join(__dirname, '_temp', 'tar')
@ -28,6 +38,10 @@ beforeAll(async () => {
  await jest.requireActual('@actions/io').rmRF(getTempDir())
 })

+beforeEach(async () => {
+  jest.restoreAllMocks()
+})
+
 afterAll(async () => {
  delete process.env['GITHUB_WORKSPACE']
  await jest.requireActual('@actions/io').rmRF(getTempDir())
@ -41,16 +55,15 @@ test('zstd extract tar', async () => {
    ? `${process.env['windir']}\\fakepath\\cache.tar`
    : 'cache.tar'
  const workspace = process.env['GITHUB_WORKSPACE']
+  const tarPath = IS_WINDOWS ? GnuTarPathOnWindows : defaultTarPath

  await tar.extractTar(archivePath, CompressionMethod.Zstd)

  expect(mkdirMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith(workspace)
  expect(execMock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
  expect(execMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
-    `"${defaultTarPath}"`,
    [
-      '--use-compress-program',
-      IS_WINDOWS ? 'zstd -d --long=30' : 'unzstd --long=30',
+      `"${tarPath}"`,
      '-xf',
      IS_WINDOWS ? archivePath.replace(/\\/g, '/') : archivePath,
      '-P',
@ -58,11 +71,61 @@ test('zstd extract tar', async () => {
      IS_WINDOWS ? workspace?.replace(/\\/g, '/') : workspace
    ]
      .concat(IS_WINDOWS ? ['--force-local'] : [])
-      .concat(IS_MAC ? ['--delay-directory-restore'] : []),
+      .concat(IS_MAC ? ['--delay-directory-restore'] : [])
+      .concat([
+        '--use-compress-program',
+        IS_WINDOWS ? '"zstd -d --long=30"' : 'unzstd --long=30'
+      ])
+      .join(' '),
+    undefined,
    {cwd: undefined}
  )
 })

+test('zstd extract tar with windows BSDtar', async () => {
+  if (IS_WINDOWS) {
+    const mkdirMock = jest.spyOn(io, 'mkdirP')
+    const execMock = jest.spyOn(exec, 'exec')
+    jest
+      .spyOn(utils, 'getGnuTarPathOnWindows')
+      .mockReturnValue(Promise.resolve(''))
+
+    const archivePath = `${process.env['windir']}\\fakepath\\cache.tar`
+    const workspace = process.env['GITHUB_WORKSPACE']
+    const tarPath = SystemTarPathOnWindows
+
+    await tar.extractTar(archivePath, CompressionMethod.Zstd)
+
+    expect(mkdirMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith(workspace)
+    expect(execMock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2)
+
+    expect(execMock).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(
+      1,
+      [
+        'zstd -d --long=30 --force -o',
+        TarFilename.replace(new RegExp(`\\${path.sep}`, 'g'), '/'),
+        archivePath.replace(new RegExp(`\\${path.sep}`, 'g'), '/')
+      ].join(' '),
+      undefined,
+      {cwd: undefined}
+    )
+
+    expect(execMock).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(
+      2,
+      [
+        `"${tarPath}"`,
+        '-xf',
+        TarFilename.replace(new RegExp(`\\${path.sep}`, 'g'), '/'),
+        '-P',
+        '-C',
+        workspace?.replace(/\\/g, '/')
+      ].join(' '),
+      undefined,
+      {cwd: undefined}
+    )
+  }
+})
+
 test('gzip extract tar', async () => {
  const mkdirMock = jest.spyOn(io, 'mkdirP')
  const execMock = jest.spyOn(exec, 'exec')
@ -74,50 +137,51 @@ test('gzip extract tar', async () => {
  await tar.extractTar(archivePath, CompressionMethod.Gzip)

  expect(mkdirMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith(workspace)
-  const tarPath = IS_WINDOWS
-    ? `${process.env['windir']}\\System32\\tar.exe`
-    : defaultTarPath
+  const tarPath = IS_WINDOWS ? GnuTarPathOnWindows : defaultTarPath
  expect(execMock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
  expect(execMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
-    `"${tarPath}"`,
    [
-      '-z',
+      `"${tarPath}"`,
      '-xf',
      IS_WINDOWS ? archivePath.replace(/\\/g, '/') : archivePath,
      '-P',
      '-C',
      IS_WINDOWS ? workspace?.replace(/\\/g, '/') : workspace
-    ].concat(IS_MAC ? ['--delay-directory-restore'] : []),
+    ]
+      .concat(IS_WINDOWS ? ['--force-local'] : [])
+      .concat(IS_MAC ? ['--delay-directory-restore'] : [])
+      .concat(['-z'])
+      .join(' '),
+    undefined,
    {cwd: undefined}
  )
 })

-test('gzip extract GNU tar on windows', async () => {
+test('gzip extract GNU tar on windows with GNUtar in path', async () => {
  if (IS_WINDOWS) {
-    jest.spyOn(fs, 'existsSync').mockReturnValueOnce(false)
-
-    const isGnuMock = jest
-      .spyOn(utils, 'isGnuTarInstalled')
-      .mockReturnValue(Promise.resolve(true))
+    // GNU tar present in path but not at default location
+    jest
+      .spyOn(utils, 'getGnuTarPathOnWindows')
+      .mockReturnValue(Promise.resolve('tar'))
    const execMock = jest.spyOn(exec, 'exec')
    const archivePath = `${process.env['windir']}\\fakepath\\cache.tar`
    const workspace = process.env['GITHUB_WORKSPACE']

    await tar.extractTar(archivePath, CompressionMethod.Gzip)

-    expect(isGnuMock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
    expect(execMock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
    expect(execMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
-      `"tar"`,
      [
-        '-z',
+        `"tar"`,
        '-xf',
        archivePath.replace(/\\/g, '/'),
        '-P',
        '-C',
        workspace?.replace(/\\/g, '/'),
-        '--force-local'
-      ],
+        '--force-local',
+        '-z'
+      ].join(' '),
+      undefined,
      {cwd: undefined}
    )
  }
@ -134,13 +198,13 @@ test('zstd create tar', async () => {

  await tar.createTar(archiveFolder, sourceDirectories, CompressionMethod.Zstd)

+  const tarPath = IS_WINDOWS ? GnuTarPathOnWindows : defaultTarPath
+
  expect(execMock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
  expect(execMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
-    `"${defaultTarPath}"`,
    [
+      `"${tarPath}"`,
      '--posix',
-      '--use-compress-program',
-      IS_WINDOWS ? 'zstd -T0 --long=30' : 'zstdmt --long=30',
      '-cf',
      IS_WINDOWS ? CacheFilename.Zstd.replace(/\\/g, '/') : CacheFilename.Zstd,
      '--exclude',
@ -149,16 +213,81 @@ test('zstd create tar', async () => {
      '-C',
      IS_WINDOWS ? workspace?.replace(/\\/g, '/') : workspace,
      '--files-from',
-      'manifest.txt'
+      ManifestFilename
    ]
      .concat(IS_WINDOWS ? ['--force-local'] : [])
-      .concat(IS_MAC ? ['--delay-directory-restore'] : []),
+      .concat(IS_MAC ? ['--delay-directory-restore'] : [])
+      .concat([
+        '--use-compress-program',
+        IS_WINDOWS ? '"zstd -T0 --long=30"' : 'zstdmt --long=30'
+      ])
+      .join(' '),
+    undefined, // args
    {
      cwd: archiveFolder
    }
  )
 })

+test('zstd create tar with windows BSDtar', async () => {
+  if (IS_WINDOWS) {
+    const execMock = jest.spyOn(exec, 'exec')
+    jest
+      .spyOn(utils, 'getGnuTarPathOnWindows')
+      .mockReturnValue(Promise.resolve(''))
+
+    const archiveFolder = getTempDir()
+    const workspace = process.env['GITHUB_WORKSPACE']
+    const sourceDirectories = ['~/.npm/cache', `${workspace}/dist`]
+
+    await fs.promises.mkdir(archiveFolder, {recursive: true})
+
+    await tar.createTar(
+      archiveFolder,
+      sourceDirectories,
+      CompressionMethod.Zstd
+    )
+
+    const tarPath = SystemTarPathOnWindows
+
+    expect(execMock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2)
+
+    expect(execMock).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(
+      1,
+      [
+        `"${tarPath}"`,
+        '--posix',
+        '-cf',
+        TarFilename.replace(/\\/g, '/'),
+        '--exclude',
+        TarFilename.replace(/\\/g, '/'),
+        '-P',
+        '-C',
+        workspace?.replace(/\\/g, '/'),
+        '--files-from',
+        ManifestFilename
+      ].join(' '),
+      undefined, // args
+      {
+        cwd: archiveFolder
+      }
+    )
+
+    expect(execMock).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(
+      2,
+      [
+        'zstd -T0 --long=30 --force -o',
+        CacheFilename.Zstd.replace(/\\/g, '/'),
+        TarFilename.replace(/\\/g, '/')
+      ].join(' '),
+      undefined, // args
+      {
+        cwd: archiveFolder
+      }
+    )
+  }
+})
+
 test('gzip create tar', async () => {
  const execMock = jest.spyOn(exec, 'exec')

@ -170,16 +299,13 @@ test('gzip create tar', async () => {

  await tar.createTar(archiveFolder, sourceDirectories, CompressionMethod.Gzip)

-  const tarPath = IS_WINDOWS
-    ? `${process.env['windir']}\\System32\\tar.exe`
-    : defaultTarPath
+  const tarPath = IS_WINDOWS ? GnuTarPathOnWindows : defaultTarPath

  expect(execMock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
  expect(execMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
-    `"${tarPath}"`,
    [
+      `"${tarPath}"`,
      '--posix',
-      '-z',
      '-cf',
      IS_WINDOWS ? CacheFilename.Gzip.replace(/\\/g, '/') : CacheFilename.Gzip,
      '--exclude',
@ -188,8 +314,13 @@ test('gzip create tar', async () => {
      '-C',
      IS_WINDOWS ? workspace?.replace(/\\/g, '/') : workspace,
      '--files-from',
-      'manifest.txt'
-    ].concat(IS_MAC ? ['--delay-directory-restore'] : []),
+      ManifestFilename
+    ]
+      .concat(IS_WINDOWS ? ['--force-local'] : [])
+      .concat(IS_MAC ? ['--delay-directory-restore'] : [])
+      .concat(['-z'])
+      .join(' '),
+    undefined, // args
    {
      cwd: archiveFolder
    }
@ -205,22 +336,65 @@ test('zstd list tar', async () => {

  await tar.listTar(archivePath, CompressionMethod.Zstd)

+  const tarPath = IS_WINDOWS ? GnuTarPathOnWindows : defaultTarPath
  expect(execMock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
  expect(execMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
-    `"${defaultTarPath}"`,
    [
-      '--use-compress-program',
-      IS_WINDOWS ? 'zstd -d --long=30' : 'unzstd --long=30',
+      `"${tarPath}"`,
      '-tf',
      IS_WINDOWS ? archivePath.replace(/\\/g, '/') : archivePath,
      '-P'
    ]
      .concat(IS_WINDOWS ? ['--force-local'] : [])
-      .concat(IS_MAC ? ['--delay-directory-restore'] : []),
+      .concat(IS_MAC ? ['--delay-directory-restore'] : [])
+      .concat([
+        '--use-compress-program',
+        IS_WINDOWS ? '"zstd -d --long=30"' : 'unzstd --long=30'
+      ])
+      .join(' '),
+    undefined,
    {cwd: undefined}
  )
 })

+test('zstd list tar with windows BSDtar', async () => {
+  if (IS_WINDOWS) {
+    const execMock = jest.spyOn(exec, 'exec')
+    jest
+      .spyOn(utils, 'getGnuTarPathOnWindows')
+      .mockReturnValue(Promise.resolve(''))
+    const archivePath = `${process.env['windir']}\\fakepath\\cache.tar`
+
+    await tar.listTar(archivePath, CompressionMethod.Zstd)
+
+    const tarPath = SystemTarPathOnWindows
+    expect(execMock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2)
+
+    expect(execMock).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(
+      1,
+      [
+        'zstd -d --long=30 --force -o',
+        TarFilename.replace(new RegExp(`\\${path.sep}`, 'g'), '/'),
+        archivePath.replace(new RegExp(`\\${path.sep}`, 'g'), '/')
+      ].join(' '),
+      undefined,
+      {cwd: undefined}
+    )
+
+    expect(execMock).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(
+      2,
+      [
+        `"${tarPath}"`,
+        '-tf',
+        TarFilename.replace(new RegExp(`\\${path.sep}`, 'g'), '/'),
+        '-P'
+      ].join(' '),
+      undefined,
+      {cwd: undefined}
+    )
+  }
+})
+
 test('zstdWithoutLong list tar', async () => {
  const execMock = jest.spyOn(exec, 'exec')

@ -230,18 +404,20 @@ test('zstdWithoutLong list tar', async () => {

  await tar.listTar(archivePath, CompressionMethod.ZstdWithoutLong)

+  const tarPath = IS_WINDOWS ? GnuTarPathOnWindows : defaultTarPath
  expect(execMock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
  expect(execMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
-    `"${defaultTarPath}"`,
    [
-      '--use-compress-program',
-      IS_WINDOWS ? 'zstd -d' : 'unzstd',
+      `"${tarPath}"`,
      '-tf',
      IS_WINDOWS ? archivePath.replace(/\\/g, '/') : archivePath,
      '-P'
    ]
      .concat(IS_WINDOWS ? ['--force-local'] : [])
-      .concat(IS_MAC ? ['--delay-directory-restore'] : []),
+      .concat(IS_MAC ? ['--delay-directory-restore'] : [])
+      .concat(['--use-compress-program', IS_WINDOWS ? '"zstd -d"' : 'unzstd'])
+      .join(' '),
+    undefined,
    {cwd: undefined}
  )
 })
@ -254,18 +430,20 @@ test('gzip list tar', async () => {

  await tar.listTar(archivePath, CompressionMethod.Gzip)

-  const tarPath = IS_WINDOWS
-    ? `${process.env['windir']}\\System32\\tar.exe`
-    : defaultTarPath
+  const tarPath = IS_WINDOWS ? GnuTarPathOnWindows : defaultTarPath
  expect(execMock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
  expect(execMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
-    `"${tarPath}"`,
    [
-      '-z',
+      `"${tarPath}"`,
      '-tf',
      IS_WINDOWS ? archivePath.replace(/\\/g, '/') : archivePath,
      '-P'
-    ].concat(IS_MAC ? ['--delay-directory-restore'] : []),
+    ]
+      .concat(IS_WINDOWS ? ['--force-local'] : [])
+      .concat(IS_MAC ? ['--delay-directory-restore'] : [])
+      .concat(['-z'])
+      .join(' '),
+    undefined,
    {cwd: undefined}
  )
 })
--- a/packages/cache/package-lock.json
+++ b/packages/cache/package-lock.json
@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
  "name": "@actions/cache",
-  "version": "3.1.1",
+  "version": "3.1.2",
  "lockfileVersion": 2,
  "requires": true,
  "packages": {
    "": {
      "name": "@actions/cache",
-      "version": "3.1.1",
+      "version": "3.1.2",
      "license": "MIT",
      "dependencies": {
        "@actions/core": "^1.10.0",
--- a/packages/cache/package.json
+++ b/packages/cache/package.json
@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
  "name": "@actions/cache",
-  "version": "3.1.1",
+  "version": "3.1.2",
  "preview": true,
  "description": "Actions cache lib",
  "keywords": [
--- a/packages/cache/src/cache.ts
+++ b/packages/cache/src/cache.ts
@ -60,13 +60,15 @@ export function isFeatureAvailable(): boolean {
 * @param primaryKey an explicit key for restoring the cache
 * @param restoreKeys an optional ordered list of keys to use for restoring the cache if no cache hit occurred for key
 * @param downloadOptions cache download options
+ * @param enableCrossOsArchive an optional boolean enabled to restore on windows any cache created on any platform
 * @returns string returns the key for the cache hit, otherwise returns undefined
 */
 export async function restoreCache(
  paths: string[],
  primaryKey: string,
  restoreKeys?: string[],
-  options?: DownloadOptions
+  options?: DownloadOptions,
+  enableCrossOsArchive = false
 ): Promise<string | undefined> {
  checkPaths(paths)

@ -90,9 +92,9 @@ export async function restoreCache(
  try {
    // path are needed to compute version
    const cacheEntry = await cacheHttpClient.getCacheEntry(keys, paths, {
-      compressionMethod
+      compressionMethod,
+      enableCrossOsArchive
    })
-
    if (!cacheEntry?.archiveLocation) {
      // Cache not found
      return undefined
@ -151,13 +153,15 @@ export async function restoreCache(
 *
 * @param paths a list of file paths to be cached
 * @param key an explicit key for restoring the cache
+ * @param enableCrossOsArchive an optional boolean enabled to save cache on windows which could be restored on any platform
 * @param options cache upload options
 * @returns number returns cacheId if the cache was saved successfully and throws an error if save fails
 */
 export async function saveCache(
  paths: string[],
  key: string,
-  options?: UploadOptions
+  options?: UploadOptions,
+  enableCrossOsArchive = false
 ): Promise<number> {
  checkPaths(paths)
  checkKey(key)
@ -207,6 +211,7 @@ export async function saveCache(
      paths,
      {
        compressionMethod,
+        enableCrossOsArchive,
        cacheSize: archiveFileSize
      }
    )
--- a/packages/cache/src/internal/cacheHttpClient.ts
+++ b/packages/cache/src/internal/cacheHttpClient.ts
@ -73,13 +73,21 @@ function createHttpClient(): HttpClient {

 export function getCacheVersion(
  paths: string[],
-  compressionMethod?: CompressionMethod
+  compressionMethod?: CompressionMethod,
+  enableCrossOsArchive = false
 ): string {
-  const components = paths.concat(
-    !compressionMethod || compressionMethod === CompressionMethod.Gzip
-      ? []
-      : [compressionMethod]
-  )
+  const components = paths
+
+  // Add compression method to cache version to restore
+  // compressed cache as per compression method
+  if (compressionMethod) {
+    components.push(compressionMethod)
+  }
+
+  // Only check for windows platforms if enableCrossOsArchive is false
+  if (process.platform === 'win32' && !enableCrossOsArchive) {
+    components.push('windows-only')
+  }

  // Add salt to cache version to support breaking changes in cache entry
  components.push(versionSalt)
@ -96,7 +104,11 @@ export async function getCacheEntry(
  options?: InternalCacheOptions
 ): Promise<ArtifactCacheEntry | null> {
  const httpClient = createHttpClient()
-  const version = getCacheVersion(paths, options?.compressionMethod)
+  const version = getCacheVersion(
+    paths,
+    options?.compressionMethod,
+    options?.enableCrossOsArchive
+  )
  const resource = `cache?keys=${encodeURIComponent(
    keys.join(',')
  )}&version=${version}`
@ -104,6 +116,7 @@ export async function getCacheEntry(
  const response = await retryTypedResponse('getCacheEntry', async () =>
    httpClient.getJson<ArtifactCacheEntry>(getCacheApiUrl(resource))
  )
+  // Cache not found
  if (response.statusCode === 204) {
    // List cache for primary key only if cache miss occurs
    if (core.isDebug()) {
@ -118,6 +131,7 @@ export async function getCacheEntry(
  const cacheResult = response.result
  const cacheDownloadUrl = cacheResult?.archiveLocation
  if (!cacheDownloadUrl) {
+    // Cache achiveLocation not found. This should never happen, and hence bail out.
    throw new Error('Cache not found.')
  }
  core.setSecret(cacheDownloadUrl)
@ -179,7 +193,11 @@ export async function reserveCache(
  options?: InternalCacheOptions
 ): Promise<ITypedResponseWithError<ReserveCacheResponse>> {
  const httpClient = createHttpClient()
-  const version = getCacheVersion(paths, options?.compressionMethod)
+  const version = getCacheVersion(
+    paths,
+    options?.compressionMethod,
+    options?.enableCrossOsArchive
+  )

  const reserveCacheRequest: ReserveCacheRequest = {
    key,
--- a/packages/cache/src/internal/cacheUtils.ts
+++ b/packages/cache/src/internal/cacheUtils.ts
@ -7,7 +7,11 @@ import * as path from 'path'
 import * as semver from 'semver'
 import * as util from 'util'
 import {v4 as uuidV4} from 'uuid'
-import {CacheFilename, CompressionMethod} from './constants'
+import {
+  CacheFilename,
+  CompressionMethod,
+  GnuTarPathOnWindows
+} from './constants'

 // From https://github.com/actions/toolkit/blob/main/packages/tool-cache/src/tool-cache.ts#L23
 export async function createTempDirectory(): Promise<string> {
@ -90,11 +94,6 @@ async function getVersion(app: string): Promise<string> {

 // Use zstandard if possible to maximize cache performance
 export async function getCompressionMethod(): Promise<CompressionMethod> {
-  if (process.platform === 'win32' && !(await isGnuTarInstalled())) {
-    // Disable zstd due to bug https://github.com/actions/cache/issues/301
-    return CompressionMethod.Gzip
-  }
-
  const versionOutput = await getVersion('zstd')
  const version = semver.clean(versionOutput)

@ -116,9 +115,12 @@ export function getCacheFileName(compressionMethod: CompressionMethod): string {
    : CacheFilename.Zstd
 }

-export async function isGnuTarInstalled(): Promise<boolean> {
+export async function getGnuTarPathOnWindows(): Promise<string> {
+  if (fs.existsSync(GnuTarPathOnWindows)) {
+    return GnuTarPathOnWindows
+  }
  const versionOutput = await getVersion('tar')
-  return versionOutput.toLowerCase().includes('gnu tar')
+  return versionOutput.toLowerCase().includes('gnu tar') ? io.which('tar') : ''
 }

 export function assertDefined<T>(name: string, value?: T): T {
--- a/packages/cache/src/internal/constants.ts
+++ b/packages/cache/src/internal/constants.ts
@ -11,6 +11,11 @@ export enum CompressionMethod {
  Zstd = 'zstd'
 }

+export enum ArchiveToolType {
+  GNU = 'gnu',
+  BSD = 'bsd'
+}
+
 // The default number of retry attempts.
 export const DefaultRetryAttempts = 2

@ -21,3 +26,13 @@ export const DefaultRetryDelay = 5000
 // over the socket during this period, the socket is destroyed and the download
 // is aborted.
 export const SocketTimeout = 5000
+
+// The default path of GNUtar on hosted Windows runners
+export const GnuTarPathOnWindows = `${process.env['PROGRAMFILES']}\\Git\\usr\\bin\\tar.exe`
+
+// The default path of BSDtar on hosted Windows runners
+export const SystemTarPathOnWindows = `${process.env['SYSTEMDRIVE']}\\Windows\\System32\\tar.exe`
+
+export const TarFilename = 'cache.tar'
+
+export const ManifestFilename = 'manifest.txt'
--- a/packages/cache/src/internal/contracts.d.ts
+++ b/packages/cache/src/internal/contracts.d.ts
@ -35,5 +35,11 @@ export interface ReserveCacheResponse {

 export interface InternalCacheOptions {
  compressionMethod?: CompressionMethod
+  enableCrossOsArchive?: boolean
  cacheSize?: number
 }
+
+export interface ArchiveTool {
+  path: string
+  type: string
+}
--- a/packages/cache/src/internal/tar.ts
+++ b/packages/cache/src/internal/tar.ts
@ -1,27 +1,32 @@
 import {exec} from '@actions/exec'
+import {exportVariable} from '@actions/core'
 import * as io from '@actions/io'
 import {existsSync, writeFileSync} from 'fs'
 import * as path from 'path'
 import * as utils from './cacheUtils'
-import {CompressionMethod} from './constants'
+import {ArchiveTool} from './contracts'
+import {
+  CompressionMethod,
+  SystemTarPathOnWindows,
+  ArchiveToolType,
+  TarFilename,
+  ManifestFilename
+} from './constants'

 const IS_WINDOWS = process.platform === 'win32'
+exportVariable('MSYS', 'winsymlinks:nativestrict')

-async function getTarPath(
-  args: string[],
-  compressionMethod: CompressionMethod
-): Promise<string> {
+// Returns tar path and type: BSD or GNU
+async function getTarPath(): Promise<ArchiveTool> {
  switch (process.platform) {
    case 'win32': {
-      const systemTar = `${process.env['windir']}\\System32\\tar.exe`
-      if (compressionMethod !== CompressionMethod.Gzip) {
-        // We only use zstandard compression on windows when gnu tar is installed due to
-        // a bug with compressing large files with bsdtar + zstd
-        args.push('--force-local')
+      const gnuTar = await utils.getGnuTarPathOnWindows()
+      const systemTar = SystemTarPathOnWindows
+      if (gnuTar) {
+        // Use GNUtar as default on windows
+        return <ArchiveTool>{path: gnuTar, type: ArchiveToolType.GNU}
      } else if (existsSync(systemTar)) {
-        return systemTar
-      } else if (await utils.isGnuTarInstalled()) {
-        args.push('--force-local')
+        return <ArchiveTool>{path: systemTar, type: ArchiveToolType.BSD}
      }
      break
    }
@ -29,27 +34,133 @@ async function getTarPath(
      const gnuTar = await io.which('gtar', false)
      if (gnuTar) {
        // fix permission denied errors when extracting BSD tar archive with GNU tar - https://github.com/actions/cache/issues/527
-        args.push('--delay-directory-restore')
-        return gnuTar
+        return <ArchiveTool>{path: gnuTar, type: ArchiveToolType.GNU}
+      } else {
+        return <ArchiveTool>{
+          path: await io.which('tar', true),
+          type: ArchiveToolType.BSD
+        }
      }
-      break
    }
    default:
      break
  }
-  return await io.which('tar', true)
+  // Default assumption is GNU tar is present in path
+  return <ArchiveTool>{
+    path: await io.which('tar', true),
+    type: ArchiveToolType.GNU
+  }
 }

-async function execTar(
-  args: string[],
+// Return arguments for tar as per tarPath, compressionMethod, method type and os
+async function getTarArgs(
+  tarPath: ArchiveTool,
  compressionMethod: CompressionMethod,
-  cwd?: string
-): Promise<void> {
-  try {
-    await exec(`"${await getTarPath(args, compressionMethod)}"`, args, {cwd})
-  } catch (error) {
-    throw new Error(`Tar failed with error: ${error?.message}`)
+  type: string,
+  archivePath = ''
+): Promise<string[]> {
+  const args = [`"${tarPath.path}"`]
+  const cacheFileName = utils.getCacheFileName(compressionMethod)
+  const tarFile = 'cache.tar'
+  const workingDirectory = getWorkingDirectory()
+  // Speficic args for BSD tar on windows for workaround
+  const BSD_TAR_ZSTD =
+    tarPath.type === ArchiveToolType.BSD &&
+    compressionMethod !== CompressionMethod.Gzip &&
+    IS_WINDOWS
+
+  // Method specific args
+  switch (type) {
+    case 'create':
+      args.push(
+        '--posix',
+        '-cf',
+        BSD_TAR_ZSTD
+          ? tarFile
+          : cacheFileName.replace(new RegExp(`\\${path.sep}`, 'g'), '/'),
+        '--exclude',
+        BSD_TAR_ZSTD
+          ? tarFile
+          : cacheFileName.replace(new RegExp(`\\${path.sep}`, 'g'), '/'),
+        '-P',
+        '-C',
+        workingDirectory.replace(new RegExp(`\\${path.sep}`, 'g'), '/'),
+        '--files-from',
+        ManifestFilename
+      )
+      break
+    case 'extract':
+      args.push(
+        '-xf',
+        BSD_TAR_ZSTD
+          ? tarFile
+          : archivePath.replace(new RegExp(`\\${path.sep}`, 'g'), '/'),
+        '-P',
+        '-C',
+        workingDirectory.replace(new RegExp(`\\${path.sep}`, 'g'), '/')
+      )
+      break
+    case 'list':
+      args.push(
+        '-tf',
+        BSD_TAR_ZSTD
+          ? tarFile
+          : archivePath.replace(new RegExp(`\\${path.sep}`, 'g'), '/'),
+        '-P'
+      )
+      break
  }
+
+  // Platform specific args
+  if (tarPath.type === ArchiveToolType.GNU) {
+    switch (process.platform) {
+      case 'win32':
+        args.push('--force-local')
+        break
+      case 'darwin':
+        args.push('--delay-directory-restore')
+        break
+    }
+  }
+
+  return args
+}
+
+// Returns commands to run tar and compression program
+async function getCommands(
+  compressionMethod: CompressionMethod,
+  type: string,
+  archivePath = ''
+): Promise<string[]> {
+  let args
+
+  const tarPath = await getTarPath()
+  const tarArgs = await getTarArgs(
+    tarPath,
+    compressionMethod,
+    type,
+    archivePath
+  )
+  const compressionArgs =
+    type !== 'create'
+      ? await getDecompressionProgram(tarPath, compressionMethod, archivePath)
+      : await getCompressionProgram(tarPath, compressionMethod)
+  const BSD_TAR_ZSTD =
+    tarPath.type === ArchiveToolType.BSD &&
+    compressionMethod !== CompressionMethod.Gzip &&
+    IS_WINDOWS
+
+  if (BSD_TAR_ZSTD && type !== 'create') {
+    args = [[...compressionArgs].join(' '), [...tarArgs].join(' ')]
+  } else {
+    args = [[...tarArgs].join(' '), [...compressionArgs].join(' ')]
+  }
+
+  if (BSD_TAR_ZSTD) {
+    return args
+  }
+
+  return [args.join(' ')]
 }

 function getWorkingDirectory(): string {
@ -57,37 +168,107 @@ function getWorkingDirectory(): string {
 }

 // Common function for extractTar and listTar to get the compression method
-function getCompressionProgram(compressionMethod: CompressionMethod): string[] {
+async function getDecompressionProgram(
+  tarPath: ArchiveTool,
+  compressionMethod: CompressionMethod,
+  archivePath: string
+): Promise<string[]> {
  // -d: Decompress.
  // unzstd is equivalent to 'zstd -d'
  // --long=#: Enables long distance matching with # bits. Maximum is 30 (1GB) on 32-bit OS and 31 (2GB) on 64-bit.
  // Using 30 here because we also support 32-bit self-hosted runners.
+  const BSD_TAR_ZSTD =
+    tarPath.type === ArchiveToolType.BSD &&
+    compressionMethod !== CompressionMethod.Gzip &&
+    IS_WINDOWS
  switch (compressionMethod) {
    case CompressionMethod.Zstd:
-      return [
+      return BSD_TAR_ZSTD
+        ? [
+            'zstd -d --long=30 --force -o',
+            TarFilename,
+            archivePath.replace(new RegExp(`\\${path.sep}`, 'g'), '/')
+          ]
+        : [
            '--use-compress-program',
-        IS_WINDOWS ? 'zstd -d --long=30' : 'unzstd --long=30'
+            IS_WINDOWS ? '"zstd -d --long=30"' : 'unzstd --long=30'
          ]
    case CompressionMethod.ZstdWithoutLong:
-      return ['--use-compress-program', IS_WINDOWS ? 'zstd -d' : 'unzstd']
+      return BSD_TAR_ZSTD
+        ? [
+            'zstd -d --force -o',
+            TarFilename,
+            archivePath.replace(new RegExp(`\\${path.sep}`, 'g'), '/')
+          ]
+        : ['--use-compress-program', IS_WINDOWS ? '"zstd -d"' : 'unzstd']
    default:
      return ['-z']
  }
 }

+// Used for creating the archive
+// -T#: Compress using # working thread. If # is 0, attempt to detect and use the number of physical CPU cores.
+// zstdmt is equivalent to 'zstd -T0'
+// --long=#: Enables long distance matching with # bits. Maximum is 30 (1GB) on 32-bit OS and 31 (2GB) on 64-bit.
+// Using 30 here because we also support 32-bit self-hosted runners.
+// Long range mode is added to zstd in v1.3.2 release, so we will not use --long in older version of zstd.
+async function getCompressionProgram(
+  tarPath: ArchiveTool,
+  compressionMethod: CompressionMethod
+): Promise<string[]> {
+  const cacheFileName = utils.getCacheFileName(compressionMethod)
+  const BSD_TAR_ZSTD =
+    tarPath.type === ArchiveToolType.BSD &&
+    compressionMethod !== CompressionMethod.Gzip &&
+    IS_WINDOWS
+  switch (compressionMethod) {
+    case CompressionMethod.Zstd:
+      return BSD_TAR_ZSTD
+        ? [
+            'zstd -T0 --long=30 --force -o',
+            cacheFileName.replace(new RegExp(`\\${path.sep}`, 'g'), '/'),
+            TarFilename
+          ]
+        : [
+            '--use-compress-program',
+            IS_WINDOWS ? '"zstd -T0 --long=30"' : 'zstdmt --long=30'
+          ]
+    case CompressionMethod.ZstdWithoutLong:
+      return BSD_TAR_ZSTD
+        ? [
+            'zstd -T0 --force -o',
+            cacheFileName.replace(new RegExp(`\\${path.sep}`, 'g'), '/'),
+            TarFilename
+          ]
+        : ['--use-compress-program', IS_WINDOWS ? '"zstd -T0"' : 'zstdmt']
+    default:
+      return ['-z']
+  }
+}
+
+// Executes all commands as separate processes
+async function execCommands(commands: string[], cwd?: string): Promise<void> {
+  for (const command of commands) {
+    try {
+      await exec(command, undefined, {cwd})
+    } catch (error) {
+      throw new Error(
+        `${command.split(' ')[0]} failed with error: ${error?.message}`
+      )
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+// List the contents of a tar
 export async function listTar(
  archivePath: string,
  compressionMethod: CompressionMethod
 ): Promise<void> {
-  const args = [
-    ...getCompressionProgram(compressionMethod),
-    '-tf',
-    archivePath.replace(new RegExp(`\\${path.sep}`, 'g'), '/'),
-    '-P'
-  ]
-  await execTar(args, compressionMethod)
+  const commands = await getCommands(compressionMethod, 'list', archivePath)
+  await execCommands(commands)
 }

+// Extract a tar
 export async function extractTar(
  archivePath: string,
  compressionMethod: CompressionMethod
@ -95,61 +276,21 @@ export async function extractTar(
  // Create directory to extract tar into
  const workingDirectory = getWorkingDirectory()
  await io.mkdirP(workingDirectory)
-  const args = [
-    ...getCompressionProgram(compressionMethod),
-    '-xf',
-    archivePath.replace(new RegExp(`\\${path.sep}`, 'g'), '/'),
-    '-P',
-    '-C',
-    workingDirectory.replace(new RegExp(`\\${path.sep}`, 'g'), '/')
-  ]
-  await execTar(args, compressionMethod)
+  const commands = await getCommands(compressionMethod, 'extract', archivePath)
+  await execCommands(commands)
 }

+// Create a tar
 export async function createTar(
  archiveFolder: string,
  sourceDirectories: string[],
  compressionMethod: CompressionMethod
 ): Promise<void> {
  // Write source directories to manifest.txt to avoid command length limits
-  const manifestFilename = 'manifest.txt'
-  const cacheFileName = utils.getCacheFileName(compressionMethod)
  writeFileSync(
-    path.join(archiveFolder, manifestFilename),
+    path.join(archiveFolder, ManifestFilename),
    sourceDirectories.join('\n')
  )
-  const workingDirectory = getWorkingDirectory()
-
-  // -T#: Compress using # working thread. If # is 0, attempt to detect and use the number of physical CPU cores.
-  // zstdmt is equivalent to 'zstd -T0'
-  // --long=#: Enables long distance matching with # bits. Maximum is 30 (1GB) on 32-bit OS and 31 (2GB) on 64-bit.
-  // Using 30 here because we also support 32-bit self-hosted runners.
-  // Long range mode is added to zstd in v1.3.2 release, so we will not use --long in older version of zstd.
-  function getCompressionProgram(): string[] {
-    switch (compressionMethod) {
-      case CompressionMethod.Zstd:
-        return [
-          '--use-compress-program',
-          IS_WINDOWS ? 'zstd -T0 --long=30' : 'zstdmt --long=30'
-        ]
-      case CompressionMethod.ZstdWithoutLong:
-        return ['--use-compress-program', IS_WINDOWS ? 'zstd -T0' : 'zstdmt']
-      default:
-        return ['-z']
-    }
-  }
-  const args = [
-    '--posix',
-    ...getCompressionProgram(),
-    '-cf',
-    cacheFileName.replace(new RegExp(`\\${path.sep}`, 'g'), '/'),
-    '--exclude',
-    cacheFileName.replace(new RegExp(`\\${path.sep}`, 'g'), '/'),
-    '-P',
-    '-C',
-    workingDirectory.replace(new RegExp(`\\${path.sep}`, 'g'), '/'),
-    '--files-from',
-    manifestFilename
-  ]
-  await execTar(args, compressionMethod, archiveFolder)
+  const commands = await getCommands(compressionMethod, 'create')
+  await execCommands(commands, archiveFolder)
 }