From 8591d99c1b85852080519fec454c368314e48832 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Emil Suleymanov <emil@esnx.xyz>
Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2022 14:43:27 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] cp: make `--preserve` use the defaults when empty

---
 src/uu/cp/src/cp.rs | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/uu/cp/src/cp.rs b/src/uu/cp/src/cp.rs
index 9fbc727dd..39823ea45 100644
--- a/src/uu/cp/src/cp.rs
+++ b/src/uu/cp/src/cp.rs
@@ -745,7 +745,12 @@ impl Options {
                             attributes.push(Attribute::from_str(attribute_str)?);
                         }
                     }
-                    attributes
+                    // `--preserve` case, use the defaults
+                    if attributes.is_empty() {
+                        DEFAULT_ATTRIBUTES.to_vec()
+                    } else {
+                        attributes
+                    }
                 }
             }
         } else if matches.get_flag(options::ARCHIVE) {