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.github/workflows/build.yml

@@ -26,8 +26,13 @@ jobs:
         os: [ubuntu-16.04, ubuntu-18.04, ubuntu-20.04, macos-10.15, windows-2019, windows-2016]
     continue-on-error: true
     steps:
-      - name: Turn of bash -e
-        run: set +e
+      - name: Bash setup
+        run: |
+             if [ "${RUNNER_OS}" == "macOS" ]; then
+               # prefer standard GNU tools like date over MacOS defaults
+               export PATH="/usr/local/opt/coreutils/libexec/gnubin:$(brew --prefix)/opt/gnu-tar/libexec/gnubin:$PATH"
+             set +e
+             bash --version
 
       - uses: actions/checkout@master
         with: