Re: Add as copy?

Hi Stefan,

Thanks. OK, that's even better.

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Thomas


On Wed, 08-Jul-26 11:42, Stefan Sperling wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 08, 2026 at 11:13:18AM +0200, Thomas Singer via dev wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> We use our SVN repository mostly for binary files and it happens quite often
>> to have the same file contents at different paths/names (intentionally). We
>> do not use SVN commands to create copies, but just copy them using normal
>> file operations.
>>
>> Is there a command that compares the hash of the file to add with the ones
>> of existing tracked files and instead of adding a new file, just marking it
>> as a copy of another?
> 
> De-duplication of file content is already handled internally in two ways:
> 
> There will only be one copy of the file's content in the working copy's
> pristine store (where content is indexed by SHA1 checksum rather than by
> path), and only one copy of the file's content in the repository (unless
> you have explicitly disabled representation sharing in the fsfs.conf file
> on the server).
> 
> However, there will be multiple on-disk copies of file content in the
> working copy since Subversion was designed to enable independent
> modifications at each path in the working copy. If you need de-duplication
> of the working files as well then consider storing your working copies on
> a filesystem which supports de-duplication and copy-on-write internally,
> if your operating system offers such a feature. See this fairly recent
> discussion thread for some hints: https://marc.info/?t=178057784400005&r=1&w=2