Merge pull request #1812 from konomith/feature/preserve_timestamps_#1758

install: Implement --preserve-timestamps (-p)

tests/by-util/test_install.rs

@@ -309,6 +309,31 @@ fn test_install_target_new_file_failing_nonexistent_parent() {
     assert!(err.contains("not a directory"))
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn test_install_preserve_timestamps() {
+    let (at, mut ucmd) = at_and_ucmd!();
+    let file1 = "test_install_target_dir_file_a1";
+    let file2 = "test_install_target_dir_file_a2";
+    at.touch(file1);
+
+    ucmd.arg(file1).arg(file2).arg("-p").succeeds().no_stderr();
+
+    assert!(at.file_exists(file1));
+    assert!(at.file_exists(file2));
+
+    let file1_metadata = at.metadata(file1);
+    let file2_metadata = at.metadata(file2);
+
+    assert_eq!(
+        file1_metadata.accessed().ok(),
+        file2_metadata.accessed().ok()
+    );
+    assert_eq!(
+        file1_metadata.modified().ok(),
+        file2_metadata.modified().ok()
+    );
+}
+
 // These two tests are failing but should work
 #[test]
 fn test_install_copy_file() {