feat: mv: preserve attributes when moving
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Description
Feature Request related to #6002
It may be helpful to some users for mv to be able to maintain attributes like timestamps when moving files to/from internal/external drives, or really just moving files/folders in general.
A nushell user requested this functionality. Here's the linked issue.
https://github.com/nushell/nushell/issues/11943
Kind of related with cp
https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/issues/4192
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- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
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- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start with the mv request and linked issues #6002, nushell #11943, and coreutils #4192, then compare the current mv and cp behavior. Clarify which attributes should be preserved for files and folders across internal and external drives. Done means mv preserves the agreed attributes consistently for general moves, with coverage for the supported cases.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- rust
- Domain
- cli
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 38/100