@@ -35,7 +35,8 @@ class FileDict(SortedDict):

         self[relative_file]['md5'] = md5

         return md5

-    def record_hardlink(self, relative_file, dev, inode, md5):

+    def record_hardlink(self, relative_file, dev, inode, md5, size):

+        if size == 0: return # don't record 0-length files

         if dev == 0 or inode == 0: return # Windows

         if dev not in self.hardlinks:

             self.hardlinks[dev] = dict()

@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ def fetch_local_list(args, is_src = False, recursive = None):

                             except IOError:

                                 continue

                             cache.add(sr.st_dev, sr.st_ino, sr.st_mtime, sr.st_size, md5)

-                    loc_list.record_hardlink(relative_file, sr.st_dev, sr.st_ino, md5)

+                    loc_list.record_hardlink(relative_file, sr.st_dev, sr.st_ino, md5, sr.st_size)

         return loc_list, single_file

     def _maintain_cache(cache, local_list):