From: Ralph Ronnquist Date: Sat, 12 Aug 2023 03:44:10 +0000 (+1000) Subject: Merge branch 'wip/stacked-overlay' into preview X-Git-Tag: p-1.1.1~5 X-Git-Url: https://git.rrq.au/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=f46816d1356171d1e9b00db4e151ff5230fbe55d;p=rrq%2Ffusefile.git Merge branch 'wip/stacked-overlay' into preview --- f46816d1356171d1e9b00db4e151ff5230fbe55d diff --cc fusefile.8 index 194f4aa,da2b645..b952f55 --- a/fusefile.8 +++ b/fusefile.8 @@@ -33,11 -31,16 +33,16 @@@ any new written fused file regions foll distinguish between new, written content and old content that comes from the fragments. + By instead using the \fB-overlay:\fIlist\fR argument where \fIlist\fR + is a colon-separated list of filenames, \fBfusefile\fR will use those + as an ordered stack of overlays and "inject" them as fragments on top + of each other. + The option \fB-dump\fR as first argument together with a fusefile setup will print the setup to standard output rather than establishing -a fusefile mount. This is of most use with a prior overlay setup, -where then the printout includes the portions of updates that have -been captured in the overlay. The printout is the series of fusefile +a fusefile mount. This is of most use with a prior overlay setup where +then the printout includes the portions of updates that have been +captured in the overlay. The printout is the series of fusefile fragment argments to give in order to intersperse the captured overlay portions according to the overlay table.