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lmr
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pronounced "lemur." an abbreviation of "link merge."
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merges the contents of one directory into another using filesystem links.
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can reverse a merge as long as the contents of the source directory have
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not changed since the merge was completed and no files were overwritten
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during the merge. if files were removed from the source directory, "dangling"
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symlinks will be left behind.
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lmr exists for much the same reason as gnu stow, but has significantly fewer
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features and operates more like a recursive `ln` than a simplified `stow`.
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lmr is implemented as a single, 80 SLOC long, POSIX-compliant shell script.
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usage: lmr [-c] [-f] [-s] [-t|-u] [--] <src> <dest>
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options:
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-c: check for file conflicts. link nothing.
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-f: force link creation, even if it overwrites files.
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-s: use symlinks instead of hard links.
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-t: exit if it seems a lmr has already been done between <src> and <dest>.
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-u: try to undo a previous lmr from <src> to <dest>.
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--: optional "end of flags" marker.
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