From 24a07c7f04f762081e053edcf925c7334b2962a8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "http://mildred.fr/" Date: Fri, 7 Dec 2012 13:55:09 +0000 Subject: question : use btrfs clones / reflinks --- doc/forum/Use_reflinks_on_BTRFS_instead_of_symlinks___63__.mdwn | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) create mode 100644 doc/forum/Use_reflinks_on_BTRFS_instead_of_symlinks___63__.mdwn 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). -- cgit v1.2.3