simplify_static_dir/lib/Directory/Simplify/Instruction/Hardlink.pm

package Directory::Simplify::Instruction::Hardlink;
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use strict;
use warnings;
use overload '""' => 'as_string';

# :squash-remove-start:
require Directory::Simplify::Utils;
# :squash-remove-end:

sub new {
    my $class = shift;
    return bless {
        freed => 0,
        @_,
    }, $class;
}

sub run {
    my $self = shift;
    # hard link the files

    unless (unlink $self->{target}->{name}) {
        die "Failed to remove file `$self->{target}->{name}': $!\n";
    }
    unless (link $self->{source}->{name}, $self->{target}->{name}) {
        die "Failed to hard link `$self->{source}->{name}' => `$self->{target}->{name}': $!";
    }
    # bookkeeping
    ++$self->{source}->{nlink};
    if (--$self->{target}->{nlink} == 0) {
        $self->{freed} = $self->{target}->{size};
    }
}

sub bytes_freed {
    my $self = shift;
    return $self->{freed};
}

sub as_string {
    my $self = shift;
    return sprintf 'ln -sf %s %s', Directory::Simplify::Utils::shell_quote($self->{source}->{name}, $self->{target}->{name});
}

1;