New tool: stampdalf - A filesystem timestamp preservation tool

[Luca DiMaio]

Neat! Thanks a lot!

L.

On Thu, Dec 18, 2025 at 6:17 PM kpcyrd <kpcyrd at archlinux.org> wrote:
>
> On 12/18/25 8:31 AM, Luca Di Maio wrote:
> > I would like to introduce a new tool I have developed that may be of
> > interest to this community: stampdalf.
> >
> > Repository: https://github.com/89luca89/stampdalf
> >
> > stampdalf is a simple command-line utility written in Go that wraps
> > arbitrary commands and ensures filesystem timestamp reproducibility.
> >
> > The tool addresses a common challenge in reproducible builds: commands
> > that modify files often update their access and modification times as a
> > side effect, even when the actual content remains unchanged or is
> > modified in a reproducible way (for example idempotent commands). This
> > can lead to non-reproducible build artifacts.
>
> Cool project, I've uploaded a package to the Arch Linux package
> repositories so this tool is available for our package maintainers:
>
> https://archlinux.org/packages/extra/x86_64/stampdalf/
>
> cheers,
> kpcyrd