diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index b4db5aa2..76c01219 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -8,6 +8,3 @@ docs/load.md linguist-generated=true
 #################################
 # Configuration for 'git archive'
 # See https://git-scm.com/docs/git-archive#ATTRIBUTES
-
-# Don't include examples in the distribution artifact, to reduce size.
-examples export-ignore
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index bf5d3fe3..dcc8c806 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -127,6 +127,8 @@ jobs:
           wait: true
           token: ${{ secrets.TC_CLOUD_TOKEN }}
 
+      - run: man xargs
+
       - name: Configure Remote Docker Host
         if: ${{ matrix.os == 'macos-13' }}
         run: |
diff --git a/oci/private/push.sh.tpl b/oci/private/push.sh.tpl
index 0d175a3e..b55739d8 100644
--- a/oci/private/push.sh.tpl
+++ b/oci/private/push.sh.tpl
@@ -60,5 +60,5 @@ do
 done
 
 if [[ -e "${TAGS_FILE:-}" ]]; then
-  cat "${TAGS_FILE}" | xargs --no-run-if-empty -n1 "${CRANE}" tag ${VERBOSE} $(cat "${REFS}")
+  cat "${TAGS_FILE}" | xargs -r -n1 "${CRANE}" tag ${VERBOSE} $(cat "${REFS}")
 fi