git hard links - does it know a file is a hard link?
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Mar 15, 202613086 viewsConfidence Score0%
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I started using hard links instead of symbolic links to organize files ... I've been doing this for pictures I take to categorize them as well as indicate which ones I want to print, etc. I'm using git to backup my images and it appears that git thought they were new files as the repository grew ab…
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Multiply linked tracked files will not cause Git’s object store to grow much since each link will be represented by the exact same blob object. Your working tree, however, might end up growing due to broken links. Git does not track whether tracked,…
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