From 883ac22239036025896ff99bd4b2a6d02712f39f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Pádraig Brady <P@draigBrady.com>
Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:55:10 +0100
Subject: cp: make --attributes-only override --reflink completely

* doc/coreutils.texi (cp invocation): Change the description slightly
so as users might not immediately discount using this option.
Mention that --reflink is overridden by the other linking options and
--attributes-only, and give an example where this might be useful.
* src/copy.c (copy_internal): Bypass the reflink if
--attributes-only is specifed.
* tests/cp/reflink-perm: Ensure both --reflink modes are
overridden by --attributes-only.
* NEWS: Mention the change in behavior.
Reported by Jim Meyering.
---
 NEWS | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

(limited to 'NEWS')

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 7dbbf1f2c..dcb974528 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -7,6 +7,11 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS                                    -*- outline -*-
   tail -F once again notices changes in a currently unavailable
   remote directory [bug introduced in coreutils-7.5]
 
+** Changes in behavior
+
+  cp --attributes-only now completely overrides --reflink.
+  Previously a reflink was needlessly attempted.
+
 
 * Noteworthy changes in release 8.6 (2010-10-15) [stable]
 
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