export-tar: switch default to PAX format

Python 3.8's tarfile module did the same.
borgbackup · Oct 7, 2024 · 2ed5d6b · 2ed5d6b
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diff --git a/src/borg/archiver/tar_cmds.py b/src/borg/archiver/tar_cmds.py
@@ -396,7 +396,7 @@ def build_parser_tar(self, subparsers, common_parser, mid_common_parser):
             "--tar-format",
             metavar="FMT",
             dest="tar_format",
-            default="GNU",
+            default="PAX",
             choices=("BORG", "PAX", "GNU"),
             action=Highlander,
             help="select tar format: BORG, PAX or GNU",