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if nothing in a folder changed, then the individual files aren't hardlinked. if you dump 5k files into an archive folder, then assuming your inbox has an update
by xenophanes 17y ago
if nothing in a folder changed, then the individual files aren't hardlinked. if you dump 5k files into an archive folder, then assuming your inbox has an update, and the archive folder doesn't, it's 5k less hardlinks being made.