Why is the flatpak repo folder so huge?

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Does anyone know why the directory at $HOME/.local/share/flatpak/repo contains so many files (69 k) and is so huge (2 Gb) ? What is that ? I hardly ever use flatpaks anyway....



I guess it is not important to include the flatpak directory in one's backup (deja-dup).



PS it looks like there are hard links inside because the flatpak folder has got twice as many files but the same total size.







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    Does anyone know why the directory at $HOME/.local/share/flatpak/repo contains so many files (69 k) and is so huge (2 Gb) ? What is that ? I hardly ever use flatpaks anyway....



    I guess it is not important to include the flatpak directory in one's backup (deja-dup).



    PS it looks like there are hard links inside because the flatpak folder has got twice as many files but the same total size.







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      Does anyone know why the directory at $HOME/.local/share/flatpak/repo contains so many files (69 k) and is so huge (2 Gb) ? What is that ? I hardly ever use flatpaks anyway....



      I guess it is not important to include the flatpak directory in one's backup (deja-dup).



      PS it looks like there are hard links inside because the flatpak folder has got twice as many files but the same total size.







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      Does anyone know why the directory at $HOME/.local/share/flatpak/repo contains so many files (69 k) and is so huge (2 Gb) ? What is that ? I hardly ever use flatpaks anyway....



      I guess it is not important to include the flatpak directory in one's backup (deja-dup).



      PS it looks like there are hard links inside because the flatpak folder has got twice as many files but the same total size.









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