GNU bug report logs - #24400
cp: default to --reflink=auto?

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

Date: Fri, 9 Sep 2016 22:55:01 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Merged with 41944

Done: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: bug-coreutils <at> gnu.org
Subject: cp: default to --reflink=auto?
Date: Fri, 9 Sep 2016 15:54:32 -0700

Currently 'cp' defaults to not using reflinks, which can be 
significantly slower on a system that supports file cloning. I expect 
most users would prefer 'cp' to default to --reflink=auto for spped. 
Although there are some special cases otherwise, on balance how about if 
we change cp to default to --reflink=auto, and add an option 
--reflink=no for users who prefer the current default?
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