From a7c98bdb06d2c64f777f4539539d9fe0f8b50193 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: mukunda katta <mukunda.vjcs6@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 15 May 2026 12:59:56 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] fix: preserve latest binary executable mode

---
 .github/workflows/GnuTests.yml | 4 ++--
 README.md                      | 3 ++-
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/GnuTests.yml b/.github/workflows/GnuTests.yml
index 25436336..94cb3220 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/GnuTests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/GnuTests.yml
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ jobs:
         ## Build Rust sed binary
         cd 'sed'
         cargo build --config=profile.release.strip=true --profile=release #-fast
-        zstd -19 target/release/sed -o ../sed-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.zst
+        tar -C target/release -cf - sed | zstd -19 -o ../sed-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.zst
     - name: Publish latest commit
       uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v3
       if: github.event_name == 'push' && github.ref == 'refs/heads/main'
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ jobs:
         draft: false
         prerelease: true
         files: |
-          sed-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.zst
+          sed-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.zst
       env:
         GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d6093aee..cbf380bd 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@ Further work aims to:
 
 ## Installation
 
-We provide binary for Linux x86_64 from main branch at https://github.com/uutils/sed/releases/tag/latest-commit .
+We provide a Linux x86_64 binary archive from the main branch at
+https://github.com/uutils/sed/releases/tag/latest-commit .
 
 For other platforms, ensure you have Rust installed on your system. You can install Rust through [rustup](https://rustup.rs/).