[dolphin] [Bug 418225] New: Copying files within Dolphin silently loses tags, ratings and comments

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https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=418225

            Bug ID: 418225
           Summary: Copying files within Dolphin silently loses tags,
                    ratings and comments
           Product: dolphin
           Version: 19.12.2
          Platform: Neon Packages
                OS: Linux
            Status: REPORTED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: NOR
         Component: general
          Assignee: dolphin-bugs-null at kde.org
          Reporter: tagwerk19 at innerjoin.org
                CC: kfm-devel at kde.org
  Target Milestone: ---

SUMMARY:

    Copying a file in Dolphin from one (filesystem) folder to another
(filesystem) folder does not copy the 'xattr' tags

STEPS TO REPRODUCE:

    1. Open Dolphin and right click on a file; select "Properties" and open the
"Details" tab.

    2. Add a "Tag", a "Comment" and give the file a rating. Click OK to close

    3. Copy the file (a drag-and-copy within Dolphin) to another folder and
check the properties of the copied file.

OBSERVED RESULT:

    Attributes such as tags, rating and comment are not copied

EXPECTED RESULT:

    Not sure what I should have expected :-)

    It's clear that a command line 'cp' historically does not copy the xattr.
However moving a file (with mv or moving within Dolphin) keeps the details. A
drag-and-copy within dolphin from one tag folder to another _keeps_ the
existing details and adds the new tag. 'Embedded' attributes (like EXIF data)
are always copied as they are part of the file. A drag-and-copy within dolphin
however (silently) loses the xattr tags.

    People's "expectations" might be different for the different sorts of
information - however if I'd added comments to a file I would 100% expect that
these are copied with the file.

DESIRED STATE

    On balance; Dolphin should seek to preserve the xattr on copy (and indeed
on backup/archiving)

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS:

    Dolphin 19.12.2
    from Neon 5.18

    KDE Plasma 5.18.2
    KDE Frameworks 5.67.0
    Qt 5.14.1

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