GNU tar compatibility: Add `--warning=KEYWORD`

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Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Quiet
Tech stack
rust
Domain
cli

Research direction

Start by inspecting the command-line argument handling and existing output-control or GNU tar compatibility behavior; no specific files or tests are named in the issue. Determine the intended GNU tar semantics for --warning=KEYWORD, then add support and verify that the option behaves consistently with the documented keyword cases.

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Description

This issue tracks a missing GNU tar compatibility feature.

Phase: Output Controls
High-level task: Add --warning=KEYWORD

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