From af2f437bb4932f3dd82cf10fb4b67d9994ff5f1a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "http://joeyh.name/" Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2013 17:14:28 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Added a comment --- ...mment_1_85064fafe472a5bd395d60ce8f7acb56._comment | 12 ++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+) create mode 100644 doc/todo/wishlist:_use_hardlinks_for_local_clones/comment_1_85064fafe472a5bd395d60ce8f7acb56._comment diff --git a/doc/todo/wishlist:_use_hardlinks_for_local_clones/comment_1_85064fafe472a5bd395d60ce8f7acb56._comment b/doc/todo/wishlist:_use_hardlinks_for_local_clones/comment_1_85064fafe472a5bd395d60ce8f7acb56._comment new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..4ef5f8414e --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/todo/wishlist:_use_hardlinks_for_local_clones/comment_1_85064fafe472a5bd395d60ce8f7acb56._comment @@ -0,0 +1,12 @@ +[[!comment format=mdwn + username="http://joeyh.name/" + ip="4.152.108.220" + subject="comment 1" + date="2013-09-25T17:14:28Z" + content=""" +git-annex uses cp --reflink=auto. So on a filesystem supporting COW file copies, like btrfs, `git annex get` will not use any disk space when getting from the same filesystem. + +I do not like the idea of using hardlinks, because changing the file in one repository would change it in the other, which may not be desired. + +[[union_mounting]] seems to cover this item pretty well, so I will close this as a duplicate. +"""]]