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[–] Hirom@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Are there downsides to using reflinks, like alignment and read performance issues?

Compatibility shouldn't be an issue, ie it should be relatively simple and safe to have a fallback that copy when reflink isn't available.