GNU bug report logs - #41944
cp: default to --reflink=auto, revisted

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: Chris Murphy <lists <at> colorremedies.com>

Date: Fri, 19 Jun 2020 01:55:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Merged with 24400

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Chris Murphy <lists <at> colorremedies.com>
To: bug-coreutils <at> gnu.org
Subject: cp: default to --reflink=auto, revisted
Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2020 19:54:38 -0600

Hi,

The most recent discussion I found about this:
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-coreutils/2016-09/msg00015.html

It's definitely currently never.
https://github.com/coreutils/coreutils/blob/master/src/cp.c#L796

However for mv, it is used (which I understand it's a different thing,
the optimization for cp+rm makes even more sense than for cp alone).
https://github.com/coreutils/coreutils/blob/master/src/mv.c#L113

Thanks,

-- 
Chris Murphy
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