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| author |  http://mildred.fr/ <http://mildred.fr/@web> | 2012-12-07 13:55:09 +0000 |
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| committer |  admin <admin@branchable.com> | 2012-12-07 13:55:09 +0000 |
| commit | 24a07c7f04f762081e053edcf925c7334b2962a8 (patch) | |
| tree | 36725bd447c4170514d6cf41485c1c5f473177f2 | |
| parent | 391c6a2cac805d378d6a71c1159ff53370dff4d4 (diff) | |
question : use btrfs clones / reflinks
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/forum/Use_reflinks_on_BTRFS_instead_of_symlinks___63__.mdwn | 1 |
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diff --git a/doc/forum/Use_reflinks_on_BTRFS_instead_of_symlinks___63__.mdwn b/doc/forum/Use_reflinks_on_BTRFS_instead_of_symlinks___63__.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 000000000..d33fda600 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/forum/Use_reflinks_on_BTRFS_instead_of_symlinks___63__.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1 @@ +On BTRFS it is possible to use [reflinks / clones](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Btrfs#Cloning). This is the equivalent of hardlinks except that when the file is modified, a copy is performed (copy on write). Perhaps git-annex could detect the availability of this feature and use it in case it is available (and the repository and the file are in the same filesystem). |