metamonger - Save, diff, and restore filesystem metadata

       This POD/manpage and metamonger itself were written by Richard "RichiH" Hartmann.

       Errietta "erry" Kostala made significant contributions and implemented the test suite from scratch.

       None are known at this time, but reports and/or patches are more than welcome.

diff [path]
               Diff between stored and live metadata.

       help    Display this help.

       restore [path]
               Restore metadata to file system.

       save [path]
               Write metadata to file.

       status [path]
               Show status

       version Display version information.

       Copyright 2012-2013 Richard Hartmann <richih@debian.org>.

       Licensed under the GNU GPL version 2 or higher.

       https://github.com/RichiH/metamonger

metamonger allows you to store file metadata as returned by stat(1) in a text file.

       By default, it saves only mtime on files.  Other attributes an

   Storageformat
       The storage format is plain JSON, but reformatted so that every entry and all its data is on one line.
       This allows for easy integration with git(1), svn(1), and other VCS.  It also allows for editing by hand
       should you so please.

   Namemetamonger stands for monging metadata.  "meta" as in metadata; "monging" as in dealing with or selling
       something (fishmonger) and pushing for something unpleasant (warmonger).

       metamonger - Save, diff, and restore filesystem metadata

--config
               Specify custom config file.

       --debug Print debug messages.

       --dereference|-L
               Always follow symlinks. This is the default.

       --no-dereference|-P
               Never follow symlinks.

       --no-act|-n
               Do not act; print results only.

       --untracked
               Show untracked files: None, default, or all.

       --verbose|-v
               Print verbose messages.

metamonger  can  set  metadata  on files.  This means it is able to add/remove write permissions.  It can
       also change the modification times of files, potentially making make(1) ignore them in a rebuild.   Don't
       act stupidly, as metamonger will happily allow you to shoot yourself in the foot; same as rm(1).

stat(1), stat(2)

perl v5.32.1                                       2021-04-09                                    metamonger(3pm)

metamonger [--config|--debug|-v|--verbose]

       metamonger {diff | restore | save | status} [-L|--derefence|-P|--no-dereference] [-n|--no-act]
       [--untracked=[no|normal|all]] [<path>]

       metamonger {help | version}