Add chown (set user, set user:group) and chgrp (set group) commands
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Assessment
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100
- Issue type
- Feature
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Tech stack
- rust
- Domain
- cli, operating-systems
Research direction
The issue names no files, tests, or entry points. Start by locating existing command implementations and reviewing how Windows ownership capabilities are handled; define the supported chown forms (user and user:group) and chgrp’s group form, then verify that each command works as requested.
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Description
Add chown (set user, set user:group) and chgrp (set group) commands, please.
Windows has this capability, as demonstrated by SFU, Cygwin, MSYS2.
- Dominant language
- Rust
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- Merged PRs (30d)
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