From 49c296926d35a492784a439877f9bd0c5fcb4061 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
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 "https://www.google.com/accounts/o8/id?id=AItOawm7fEz9wc5p1u4TFEZuoGkIlODrSYi77PM"
 <Fabian@web>
Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2014 23:03:38 +0000
Subject: [PATCH]

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+Hey,
+
+I was wondering if it is currently possible to let the assistant (or git-annex in general) preserve extended attributes. I didn't find any options hinting at this, although it should be possible at least in theory by using the metadata system of git-annex...
+
+Considering that some applications use extended attributes to store custom meta data (like tags etc.), I think it would be valuable to have such an option...