diff --git a/0001-Default---keep-all-metadata-to-TRUE-and-add---discard-additional-metadata.patch b/0001-Default---keep-all-metadata-to-TRUE-and-add---discard-additional-metadata.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b45969c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/0001-Default---keep-all-metadata-to-TRUE-and-add---discard-additional-metadata.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+From b5f425fec738c1de344f4f917d3614e9efb98e2b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Aleš Matěj <amatej@redhat.com>
+Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2021 08:30:47 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] Default --keep-all-metadata to TRUE and add --discard-additional-metadata
+
+= changelog =
+msg: Switch default of --keep-all-metadata to TRUE and add --discard-additional-metadata
+type: enhancement
+resolves: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1992209
+---
+ doc/createrepo_c.8 | 7 +++++--
+ src/cmd_parser.c | 15 ++++++++++++---
+ src/cmd_parser.h | 1 +
+ 3 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/doc/createrepo_c.8 b/doc/createrepo_c.8
+index c9017c5..1a3e101 100644
+--- a/doc/createrepo_c.8
++++ b/doc/createrepo_c.8
+@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
+ .\" Man page generated from reStructuredText.
+ .
+-.TH CREATEREPO_C 8 "2020-07-02" "" ""
++.TH CREATEREPO_C 8 "2021-09-23" "" ""
+ .SH NAME
+ createrepo_c \- Create rpm-md format (xml-rpm-metadata) repository
+ .
+@@ -173,7 +173,10 @@ Generate zchunk files as well as the standard repodata.
+ Directory containing compression dictionaries for use by zchunk
+ .SS \-\-keep\-all\-metadata
+ .sp
+-Keep all additional metadata (not primary, filelists and other xml or sqlite files, nor their compressed variants) from source repository during update.
++Keep all additional metadata (not primary, filelists and other xml or sqlite files, nor their compressed variants) from source repository during update (default).
++.SS \-\-discard\-additional\-metadata
++.sp
++Discard all additional metadata (not primary, filelists and other xml or sqlite files, nor their compressed variants) from source repository during update.
+ .SS \-\-compatibility
+ .sp
+ Enforce maximal compatibility with classical createrepo (Affects only: \-\-retain\-old\-md).
+diff --git a/src/cmd_parser.c b/src/cmd_parser.c
+index bbefa08..639d7e9 100644
+--- a/src/cmd_parser.c
++++ b/src/cmd_parser.c
+@@ -65,6 +65,8 @@ struct CmdOptions _cmd_options = {
+ .zck_compression = FALSE,
+ .zck_dict_dir = NULL,
+ .recycle_pkglist = FALSE,
++
++ .keep_all_metadata = TRUE,
+ };
+
+
+@@ -168,6 +170,9 @@ static GOptionEntry cmd_entries[] =
+ #endif
+ { "keep-all-metadata", 0, 0, G_OPTION_ARG_NONE, &(_cmd_options.keep_all_metadata),
+ "Keep all additional metadata (not primary, filelists and other xml or sqlite files, "
++ "nor their compressed variants) from source repository during update (default).", NULL },
++ { "discard-additional-metadata", 0, 0, G_OPTION_ARG_NONE, &(_cmd_options.discard_additional_metadata),
++ "Discard all additional metadata (not primary, filelists and other xml or sqlite files, "
+ "nor their compressed variants) from source repository during update.", NULL },
+ { "compatibility", 0, 0, G_OPTION_ARG_NONE, &(_cmd_options.compatibility),
+ "Enforce maximal compatibility with classical createrepo (Affects only: --retain-old-md).", NULL },
+@@ -510,9 +515,13 @@ check_arguments(struct CmdOptions *options,
+ x++;
+ }
+
+- // Check keep-all-metadata
+- if (options->keep_all_metadata && !options->update) {
+- g_warning("--keep-all-metadata has no effect (--update is not used)");
++ if (options->discard_additional_metadata) {
++ options->keep_all_metadata = FALSE;
++ }
++
++ // Check discard-additional-metadata
++ if (options->discard_additional_metadata && !options->update) {
++ g_warning("--discard-additional-metadata has no effect (--update is not used)");
+ }
+
+ // Process --distro tags
+diff --git a/src/cmd_parser.h b/src/cmd_parser.h
+index 32bcf99..03cfcf0 100644
+--- a/src/cmd_parser.h
++++ b/src/cmd_parser.h
+@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ struct CmdOptions {
+ char *zck_dict_dir; /*!< directory with zchunk dictionaries */
+ gboolean keep_all_metadata; /*!< keep groupfile and updateinfo from source
+ repo during update */
++ gboolean discard_additional_metadata; /*!< Inverse option to keep_all_metadata */
+ gboolean ignore_lock; /*!< Ignore existing .repodata/ - remove it,
+ create the new one (empty) to serve as
+ a lock and use a .repodata.date.pid for
+--
+libgit2 1.1.0
+
diff --git a/createrepo_c.spec b/createrepo_c.spec
index 2d6fdcd..7aa15ea 100644
--- a/createrepo_c.spec
+++ b/createrepo_c.spec
@@ -25,10 +25,11 @@
Summary: Creates a common metadata repository
Name: createrepo_c
Version: 0.17.7
-Release: 1%{?dist}
+Release: 2%{?dist}
License: GPLv2+
URL: https://github.com/rpm-software-management/createrepo_c
Source0: %{url}/archive/%{version}/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
+Patch1: 0001-Default---keep-all-metadata-to-TRUE-and-add---discard-additional-metadata.patch
BuildRequires: cmake
BuildRequires: gcc
@@ -175,6 +176,9 @@ ln -sr %{buildroot}%{_bindir}/modifyrepo_c %{buildroot}%{_bindir}/modifyrepo
%{python3_sitearch}/%{name}-%{version}-py%{python3_version}.egg-info
%changelog
+* Wed Feb 16 2022 Pavla Kratochvilova <pkratoch@redhat.com> - 0.17.7-2
+- Switch default of --keep-all-metadata to TRUE and add --discard-additional-metadata (RhBug:2055032)
+
* Mon Oct 25 2021 Pavla Kratochvilova <pkratoch@redhat.com> - 0.17.7-1
- Update to 0.17.7
- Remove insecure hashes SHA-1 and MD5 from the default build (RhBug:1935486)