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docs(readme): mention that reflinks are preferred over hard links

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Zoltan Kochan
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@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ With pnpm, lodash will be stored in a content-addressable storage, so:
1. If you depend on different versions of lodash, only the files that differ are added to the store.
If lodash has 100 files, and a new version has a change only in one of those files,
`pnpm update` will only add 1 new file to the storage.
1. All the files are saved in a single place on the disk. When packages are installed, their files are hard-linked
from that single place consuming no additional disk space.
1. All the files are saved in a single place on the disk. When packages are installed, their files are linked
from that single place consuming no additional disk space. Linking is performed using either hard-links or reflinks (copy-on-write).
As a result, you save gigabytes of space on your disk and you have a lot faster installations!
If you'd like more details about the unique `node_modules` structure that pnpm creates and