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[โ€“] PoolloverNathan@programming.dev 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's equivalent to cp -r, but:

  • the copy is read-only
  • reuses unchanged files
  • easier to share (btrfs sub send)
[โ€“] mcmodknower@programming.dev 1 points 1 year ago

Sounds just like git (unless you do some special operations to change the copies)