How to clone/copy all file/directory attributes onto different file/directory?

After quite a bit of trial and error on the commandline, I think I've found the answer. But it isn't a cp-related answer.

rsync -ptgo -A -X -d --no-recursive --exclude=* first-dir/ second-dir

This does:

-p, --perms                 preserve permissions
-t, --times                 preserve modification times
-o, --owner                 preserve owner (super-user only)
-g, --group                 preserve group
-d, --dirs                  transfer directories without recursing
-A, --acls                  preserve ACLs (implies --perms)
-X, --xattrs                preserve extended attributes
    --no-recursive          disables recursion

For reference

    --no-OPTION             turn off an implied OPTION (e.g. --no-D)
-r, --recursive             recurse into directories