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cp: default to --reflink=auto, revisted

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From: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System)
To: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
Cc: tracker <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#24400: closed (cp: default to --reflink=auto?)
Date: Fri, 19 Jun 2020 05:40:02 +0000

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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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From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Chris Murphy <lists <at> colorremedies.com>, 41944-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#41944: cp: default to --reflink=auto, revisted
Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2020 22:39:11 -0700

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Thanks, I'd forgotten that. The performance improvement is long overdue, so I
installed the attached.

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