[Bug-tar] unmodified files included in incremental tar if link count was changed

Dear tar-experts I observed lots of files that where included in incremental tar files without beeing modified. And it seems that the reason is a modfied hardlink count of these files. Here's a testcase: mkdir x touch x/f1 touch x/f2 tar cgf x.toc x1.tar x ln -s x/f1 x.f1 ln x/f2 x.f2 tar cgf x.

[Bug-tar] Problem preserving timestamps in directories when mixing symlinks and hardlinks

Hi maintainers of tar, In the following version: $ tar --version tar (GNU tar) 1.30 Copyright (C) 2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later . This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WAR

Re: [Bug-tar] Problem preserving timestamps in directories when mixing symlinks and hardlinks

Hi Sergey, > Please pull 2d3396c3eabdfdfb34163dc494826db527cf9d22. I've tested it and it works. Thank you for your work and kindness. Best regards, Andrew.