6268 zfs diff confused by moving a file to another directory
illumos/illumos-gate@aab04418a72c0a29040a5da7eec08efe19dbef04
https://github.com/illumos/illumos-gate/commit/aab04418a72c0a29040a5da7eec08efe19dbef04
https://www.illumos.org/issues/6268
The zfs diff command presents a description of the changes that have occurred to files within a filesystem between two snapshots. If a file is renamed, the tool is capable of reporting this, e.g.: cd /some/zfs/dataset/subdir mv file0 file1 Will result in a diff record like: R /some/zfs/dataset/subdir/file0 -> /some/zfs/dataset/subdir/file1 Unfortunately, it seems that rename detection only uses the base filename to determine if a file has been renamed or simply modified. This leads to misreporting only the original filename, omitting the more relevant destination filename entirely. For example: cd /some/zfs/dataset/subdir mv file0 ../otherdir/file0 Will result in a diff entry: M /some/zfs/dataset/subdir/file0 But it should really emit: R /some/zfs/dataset/subdir/file0 -> /some/zfs/dataset/otherdir/file0
Reviewed by: Matthew Ahrens <mahrens@delphix.com>
Reviewed by: Justin Gibbs <gibbs@scsiguy.com>
Approved by: Dan McDonald <danmcd@omniti.com>
Author: Joshua M. Clulow <josh@sysmgr.org>