[Gnu-arch-users] Hardlinked working trees

[Tom Mraz]

> > > about adding an argument to `tla get' so that it would hardlink instead
> > > of copying files from the revision library (if possible)? It escapes my
> >
> > that would make it. Of course I'm playing risky, but I'm fine to deal
> > with that risk, the payoff makes it worthwhile, it's simply up to me
> > (not to the kernel since the kernel can't do that) to always do
> > copy-on-write on all the checked out trees.
>
>
> I think you could keep the revision library under a different UID.  This
> way, the kernel would remind you when you try to do something stupid.
> 8-)

Or arch could simply save and check the inode signature of the files
from revision library and if it was changed it would issue an error
message. I think it would be pretty safe then.

Tom Mraz