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mv: add support for --one-file-system

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Message #13 received at 61050 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>
To: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>, Mike Frysinger <vapier <at> gentoo.org>
Cc: 61050 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#61050: mv: add support for --one-file-system
Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2023 10:33:56 +0000

On 25/01/2023 09:07, Paul Eggert wrote:
> On 2023-01-24 17:20, Mike Frysinger wrote:
>> i'd like to require that the mv be
>> atomic when relocating a directory, and if it isn't, fallback to other
>> logic
> 
> Calling the new option "--one-file-system" sounds a bit wrong, as
> --one-file-system is for programs like 'du' and 'cp' and causes them to
> not cross a file system boundary when recursing - something that 'mv'
> could also do (when it falls back on copying), but which is a different
> thing than what you're asking for.
> 
> How about if we call the new option --no-copy instead? Something like
> the attached incomplete patch, say. (It needs more documentation and
> ideally a test case.)

--no-copy is better more general naming.
I can see the usefulness of this, so +1 from me.

thanks,
Pádraig

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