Re: Using reflink copy/FICLONE when updating files

2021-05-21 Thread David Taylor via rsync
On Thu, 20 May 2021, Christoph Biedl via rsync wrote: Hello, at first, I'm a bit surprised this hasn't been requested before - or did I miss a bit? I did try submitting a patch, which I've been using for some time. Unfortunately, I have never got around to cleaning it up and trying to get it

Using reflink copy/FICLONE when updating files

2021-05-20 Thread Christoph Biedl via rsync
Hello, at first, I'm a bit surprised this hasn't been requested before - or did I miss a bit? When updating an existing file, the receiving rsync (at least in general) creates a copy of the existing file and does all writing there before eventually discarding the old file. This approach is fine f