bug#24400: closed (cp: default to --reflink=auto?)

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has caused the debbugs.gnu.org bug report #41944,
regarding cp: default to --reflink=auto?
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> cp: default to --reflink=auto?
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> Fri, 9 Sep 2016 15:54:32 -0700
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> 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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--- Begin Message --- Subject: Re: bug#41944: cp: default to --reflink=auto, revisted Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2020 22:39:11 -0700 User-agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:68.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/68.8.0

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

0001-cp-default-to-COW.patch
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