Re: btrfs subvolume clone or fork (btrfs-progs feature request)

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On Fri, Jul 10, 2015 at 09:36:45AM -0400, Austin S Hemmelgarn wrote:
> > Technically it's not really a bit. The snapshot relation is determined
> > by the parent uuid value of a subvolume.
> I'm actually kind of curious, is the parent UUID actually used for 
> anything outside of send/receive?

AFAIK no.

> >> which in turn means that certain
> >> tasks are more difficult to script robustly.
> >
> > I don't deny the interface/output is imperfect for scripting purposes,
> > maybe we can provide filters that would satisfy your usecase.
> >
> Personally, I don't really do much direct scripting of BTRFS related 
> tasks (although that might change if I can convince my boss that we 
> should move to BTRFS for our server systems).  Most of my complaint with 
> the current arrangement is primarily aesthetic more than anything else.

Ok understood, thanks.
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