mv hardlinks should be preserved when moving into a different directory
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Description
Testcase:
export C=/usr/bin/
export C="target/debug/coreutils "
dir=hlink
other_partition_tmpdir=/dev/shm/tmp769306
rm -rf $dir $other_partition_tmpdir
mkdir $dir $other_partition_tmpdir
> $dir/a
ln $dir/a $dir/b
${C}mv $dir "$other_partition_tmpdir"
ls -1i "$other_partition_tmpdir/$dir"
They should be equal. They aren't currently
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Research direction
Reproduce the issue with the provided mv testcase, using a directory on /dev/shm to exercise the different-filesystem path. Start at the mv command entry point and trace how hard links are handled when moving a directory; done means the inode numbers printed for a and b are equal after the move.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- rust
- Domain
- cli, operating-systems
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 55/100