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[[!comment format=mdwn
username="http://joeyh.name/"
nickname="joey"
subject="comment 1"
date="2013-06-10T17:22:11Z"
content="""
encfs appears to not allow creation of hard links to files:
[[!format sh \"\"\"
joey@gnu:~/tmp/other_empty_dir>ln me me2
ln: failed to create hard link `me2' => `me': Operation not permitted
\"\"\"]]
According to the documentation, this is a limitation when using External IV Chaining. And only a problem if you choose paranoia mode when setting up encfs.
git-annex uses hard links in a limited number of code paths, most notably `git annex add` uses them when locking down files.
encfs seems like something I'd like to interoperate well with git-annex. So, it seems worthwhile to break out lack of hard links support from the other limitations currently lumped into \"cripped file system\". I've done so.
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Also made it stop setting direct mode on bare repositories, although that configuration had no effect anyway.
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