Subject: bug#24400: cp: default to --reflink=auto?

From: Paul Eggert <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2016 19:18:22 -0700

Pádraig Brady wrote:
> It might not be an appropriate thing to do in a minor release.
> We're due one of those quite soon now, so I'd suggest waiting
> a short while before changing?

Sure, there's no rush, we can leave this bug open.

I just now installed a similar change into Emacs for its copy-file function, 
into the master branch that is (i.e., the release after next).