{"version":"2.1.246","anchor":"file-metadata-counts-hardlink-siblings","canonical_anchor":"file-metadata-counts-hardlink-siblings","heading":"File metadata counts hardlink siblings","tier":"internal","area":"Elsewhere","scope":null,"heads_up":null,"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.246\/e\/file-metadata-counts-hardlink-siblings","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.246","markdown":"### File metadata counts hardlink siblings\n\nFile identity records now include how many hardlinks point at the same file.\n\n**What**\n\nThe record Claude Code keeps to identify a file now includes how many other names point at the same file on disk, recorded next to its creation time and version.\n\n**Evidence**\n\n`otherNames: Math.max(0, o.nlink - 1)`\n\n- Area: Elsewhere\n- Tier: Under the hood\n- Useful: 1\/5\n- Signal: 2\/5"}