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Add explicit statement that our tar is gnu-compatible to README.md

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@@ -128,9 +128,12 @@ Backer handles various file types when creating archives:
- **Regular files**: Included with full content - **Regular files**: Included with full content
- **Directories**: Included as directory entries - **Directories**: Included as directory entries
- **Symlinks**: Stored as symlink entries (target path preserved) - **Symlinks**: Stored as symlink entries (target path preserved)
- **Broken symlinks**: Archived with their target path (even if target doesn't exist)
- **Device files**: Character and block devices included with correct major/minor - **Device files**: Character and block devices included with correct major/minor
- **Named pipes**: Included (header only, no data) - **Named pipes (FIFOs)**: Included (header only, no data)
- **Sockets**: Skipped (not archivable)
- **Hard links**: Deduplicated — multiple hard links to the same file are stored as link entries to avoid duplication - **Hard links**: Deduplicated — multiple hard links to the same file are stored as link entries to avoid duplication
- **GNU tar format**: Compatible with GNU tar utility
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