Re: [PATCH 3/4] hardlink: (usage) improve the descriptions of three options

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On Fri, May 23, 2025 at 02:04:06PM +0200, Benno Schulenberg wrote:
> (Note: the choice for -m for --maximize and -M for --minimize is
> unfortunate, as most people would guess the opposite, especially
> since -s is used for --minimum-size and -S for --maximum-size.)

Long history: it originates from the Debian hardlink implementation
(13 years ago), and it seems that the origin is from a previous version
implemented in Python (the original patch is missing).

https://salsa.debian.org/jak/hardlink/-/commit/bc0a8d544e3866a6ba62ea5f1bf7b8da6e616c11

    Karel

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