diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-msys2-runtime.yml b/.github/workflows/test-msys2-runtime.yml
index a6d48914..540792f4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-msys2-runtime.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-msys2-runtime.yml
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ jobs:
             unzip -q /tmp/"$name".zip ||
             exit $?
           done
+          ls -la
       - name: overwrite MSYS2 runtime with the msys2-runtime build's artifacts
         shell: bash
         run: |
@@ -81,7 +82,7 @@ jobs:
         id: git-artifacts-extract-location
         shell: bash
         run: |
-          echo "result=$(tar Ox git-artifacts.tar.gz git/bin-wrappers/git |
+          echo "result=$(tar Oxf git-artifacts.tar.gz git/bin-wrappers/git |
             sed -n 's|^GIT_EXEC_PATH='\''\(.*\)/git'\''$|\1|p')" >>$GITHUB_OUTPUT
       - name: upload git artifacts for testing
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4