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by strunz 480 days ago
I wonder how any comments about hard links will be in these comments by people misunderstanding what this app does.
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if file is not going to be modified (in the low-level sense - open("w") on the filename; as opposed to rename-and-create-new), then reflinks (what this app does) and hardlinks act somewhat identically.

For example if you have multiple node_modules, or app installs, or source photos/videos (ones you don't edit), or music archives, then hardlinks work just fine.