On Thu, 4 Jun 2026 at 14:57, Jordan Peck via dev <[email protected]> wrote:
> This patch saves disk space on supported filesystems for byte-identical > file installation by utilising filesystem clone APIs. > > The main benefit is reduced disk space usage during checkout, update, and > other working-copy file installs on filesystems that support > copy-on-write/block cloning. When the working file is byte-identical to the > pristine file, Subversion can install it by copying or reflinking from the > pristine instead of storing two independent physical copies of the same > bytes. > > [..] > > Let me know what you think, questions welcome! > > Just out of curiosity, was this patch by any chance created with AI/LLM? -- Ivan Zhakov

