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Fabien Catteau requested to merge hotfix-tar-write-too-long into master May 17, 2018

What does this MR do?

Don't attempt to add special files (including symlinks) to the tar archive that's copied to the containers of the analyzers.

Why was this MR needed?

Otherwise the SAST command may fail to create the tar archive: archive/tar: write too long .

Does this MR meet the acceptance criteria?

~~Changelog entry added, if necessary~~
~~Documentation created/updated~~
~~Tests added for this feature/bug~~

What are the relevant issue numbers?

https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ee/issues/6066