GNU bug report logs - #13601
mv should not silently lose file extended attributes

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From: Joshua Krämer <joshua.kraemer <at> gmail.com>
To: 13601 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#13601: 
Date: Sun, 21 Feb 2021 17:45:32 +0100

I second this request. 'mv' should really not move files if this
results in silent data loss. The proposal of requiring '-f' in such a
case seems reasonable to me.

Kind regards,
Joshua Krämer

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