The PLE conversion copied 28 non-PLE shards instead of linking them, because
os.link hit EXDEV across two separate container bind mounts of the same
filesystem. Both directories sit directly on /tank, so the duplication was
recoverable.
All 28 files verified byte-identical by SHA-256 before any change -- the point
of a hardlink is that two paths become one file, so "same size" is not
sufficient evidence. Relinked with ln to a temp name followed by an atomic
rename over the target, never rm-then-ln, which would leave a window where the
file does not exist for a process that reopens it. Generated as 56 literal-path
commands rather than a loop, per the no-destructive-ops-on-a-variable-path rule.
294G apparent across the two directories -> 218G actual. Done with the seat
live and serving; it did not blink.
Records the coupling this creates: the pristine and converted directories now
SHARE INODES, so editing a shared file in place in either one changes both.
config.json and model.safetensors.index.json are deliberately excluded from
the sharing, since the conversion changed them.
Also consolidates two duplicate disk bullets left by earlier edits.
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