https://github.com/eliot-akira/hardlink-manager

Utility for managing hardlinks on macOS
https://github.com/eliot-akira/hardlink-manager

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Utility for managing hardlinks on macOS

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/eliot-akira/hardlink-manager
• Owner: eliot-akira
• Created: 2017-02-07T18:01:44.000Z (almost 8 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2017-09-02T22:17:50.000Z (about 7 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-09-16T13:34:04.298Z (about 2 months ago)
• Language: JavaScript
• Size: 5.86 KB
• Stars: 1
• Watchers: 3
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README.md

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# Hardlink manager

Utility for managing hardlinks on macOS

## Purpose

[`hardlink`](https://github.com/selkhateeb/hardlink) is a useful tool for creating directory hardlinks. However, it can be difficult to remember where all the hardlinks exist for a certain directory, if any. Also, there is a risk of removing a hardlinked directory with `rm -rf` and all other linked directories will disappear at once :fire:.

`hardlink-manager` is a wrapper that stores all hardlink locations in a file called `.hardlinks` at the root of the linked directory. When no more hardlinks exist, the file is removed.

This way, it's easy to know if/when a certain directory is hardlinked, and to what locations. The file `.hardlinks` should be added to `.gitignore`.

## Requirement

`hardlink` should be installed and available as command `hln`

```bash

brew install hardlink-osx

```

## Install

```bash

npm install hardlink-manager -g

```

## Usage

Create hardlink

```bash

hlnm [source] [destination]

```

If destination is not specified, the original folder name will be used.

---

Remove hardlink

```bash

hlnm -u [destination]

```

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List all hardlinks under current directory

```bash

hlnm -l

```