> As a followup, I'm pretty sure rsync already does what you are looking
> for, so why bloat mv to do something that can be done with another tool?

Thanks for a quick answer. I didn't study rsync deeply yet but I understand it
as a copy utility that temporarily takes filesystem space and wears down a
storage medium when moving files to another directory. That is not necessary
(it's unwanted) in this case. The "mv --merge" you proposed might still be
useful.



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