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+# metastore(1) January 2016 | General Commands Manual
+
+## NAME
+
+metastore - stores and restores filesystem metadata
+
+
+## SYNOPSIS
+
+**metastore** *ACTION* \[*OPTION...*\] \[*PATH...*\]
+
+
+## DESCRIPTION
+
+Stores or restores metadata (owner, group, permissions, xattrs and optionally
+mtime) for a filesystem tree. This can be used to preserve the metadata in
+situations where it is usually not stored ([git(1)](GIT) and [tar(1)](TAR) for
+example) or as a tripwire like mechanism to detect any changes to metadata.
+Note that e.g. SELinux stores its labels in xattrs so care should be taken when
+applying stored metadata to make sure that system security is not compromised.
+
+
+## ACTIONS
+
+### -c, \-\-compare
+
+Shows the difference between the stored and real metadata.
+
+### -s, \-\-save
+
+Saves the current metadata to `./.metadata` or to the specified file (see
+`--file` option below).
+
+### -a, \-\-apply
+
+Attempts to apply the stored metadata to the file system.
+
+### -d, \-\-dump
+
+Dumps stored (if no *PATH* is given) or real metadata (if *PATH* is present,
+e.g. `./`) in human-readable form.
+
+This action is meant only as a helpful debugging facility or merge conflict
+helper. Do not ever compare its output generated using different metastore
+version. Do not rely on current output format (especially in batch scripts),
+because it may change in future without prior notice.
+
+### -h, \-\-help
+
+Prints a help message and exits.
+
+
+## OPTIONS
+
+### -v, \-\-verbose
+
+Causes metastore to print more verbose messages. Can be repeated more than once
+for even more verbosity.
+
+### -q, \-\-quiet
+
+Causes metastore to print less verbose messages. Can be repeated more than once
+for even less verbosity.
+
+### -m, \-\-mtime
+
+Causes metastore to also take mtime into account for the compare or apply
+actions.
+
+### -e, \-\-empty-dirs
+
+Also attempts to recreate missing empty directories. May be useful where empty
+directories are not tracked (e.g. by [git(1)](GIT) or [cvs(1)](CVS)). Only works
+in combination with the `--apply` option.
+
+### -E, \-\-remove-empty-dirs
+
+Also attempts to remove empty directories missing from the metadata. May be
+useful where empty directories are not tracked (e.g. by [git(1)](GIT) or
+[cvs(1)](CVS)). Only works in combination with the `--apply` option.
+
+### -g, \-\-git
+
+Prevents metastore from omitting `.git` directories.
+
+### -f \<file\>, \-\-file \<file\>
+
+Causes the metadata to be saved, read from the specified file rather than
+`./.metadata`.
+
+
+## PATHS
+
+If no path is specified, `metastore` will use the current directory as the basis
+for the actions. This is the recommended way of executing metastore.
+Alternatively, one or more paths can be specified and they will each be
+examined. Later invocations should be made using the exact same paths to ensure
+that the stored metadata is interpreted correctly.
+
+
+## AUTHORS
+
+`metastore` was created by David Härdeman in 2007-2008. Now it is maintained by
+Przemysław Pawełczyk. All source code contributors are listed in the `AUTHORS`
+file.
+
+
+[CVS]: man:cvs(1)
+[GIT]: man:git(1)
+[TAR]: man:tar(1)