[filelight] [Bug 507502] New: Filelight doesn't ignore hardlinks, bloating displayed directory size

[Kyle Devir]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=507502

            Bug ID: 507502
           Summary: Filelight doesn't ignore hardlinks, bloating displayed
                    directory size
    Classification: Applications
           Product: filelight
      Version First unspecified
       Reported In:
          Platform: Compiled Sources
                OS: Linux
            Status: REPORTED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: NOR
         Component: general
          Assignee: unassigned-bugs at kde.org
          Reporter: kyle.devir at mykolab.com
                CC: martin.sandsmark at kde.org
  Target Milestone: ---

SUMMARY
When scanning files, Filelight treats every hardlinked file as its own file,
rather than skipping it, thereby bloating directory sizes

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Choose directory with big enough file
2. Hardlink it in the same directory
3. Scan with Filelight
4. Observe same file size being shown twice

OBSERVED RESULT
Filelight naively displays hardlinked files as being separate from the original

EXPECTED RESULT
Filelight skips over hardlinked files, just like it does symbolic ones

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Operating System: Arch Linux 
KDE Plasma Version: 6.4.80
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.17.0
Qt Version: 6.9.1
Kernel Version: 6.16.0-rc7-1-custom-bcachefs-git-00206-gcc77913e2b7d (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland

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