bug#41944: closed (cp: default to --reflink=auto, revisted)

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regarding cp: default to --reflink=auto, revisted
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> Thu, 18 Jun 2020 19:54:38 -0600
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> Hi,
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> The most recent discussion I found about this:
> https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-coreutils/2016-09/msg00015.html
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> It's definitely currently never.
> https://github.com/coreutils/coreutils/blob/master/src/cp.c#L796
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> 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
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> Thanks,
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> Chris Murphy
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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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