use ls-remote

node_modules/@actions/tool-cache/lib/tool-cache.d.ts

@@ -6,9 +6,10 @@ export declare class HTTPError extends Error {
  * Download a tool from an url and stream it into a file
  *
  * @param url       url of tool to download
+ * @param dest      path to download tool
  * @returns         path to downloaded tool
  */
-export declare function downloadTool(url: string): Promise<string>;
+export declare function downloadTool(url: string, dest?: string): Promise<string>;
 /**
  * Extract a .7z file
  *
@@ -26,11 +27,11 @@ export declare function downloadTool(url: string): Promise<string>;
  */
 export declare function extract7z(file: string, dest?: string, _7zPath?: string): Promise<string>;
 /**
- * Extract a tar
+ * Extract a compressed tar archive
  *
  * @param file     path to the tar
  * @param dest     destination directory. Optional.
- * @param flags    flags for the tar. Optional.
+ * @param flags    flags for the tar command to use for extraction. Defaults to 'xz' (extracting gzipped tars). Optional.
  * @returns        path to the destination directory
  */
 export declare function extractTar(file: string, dest?: string, flags?: string): Promise<string>;