Esther Payne Mar 16

I really hope rsync is free of slop.

#NoToAI

Show threadEsther Payne Mar 16

Nooooo not rsync as well. 😭

#NoToAI

Confirmed:

https://codeberg.org/small-hack/open-slopware

https://github.com/RsyncProject/rsync/commit/aa142f08ef31d3ffa8d6b3b8af16d00324a98c1b

https://github.com/RsyncProject/rsync/commit/b905ab23af2d71363271e99e446e8fe0bfc77f7f

open-slopware

Free/Open Source Software tainted by LLM developers/developed by genAI boosters, along with alternatives. Fork of the repo by @gen-ai-transparency after its deletion.

Codeberg.org
Show threadEsther Payne 2d ago

Perhaps it's an opportunity to get to know #tar better. Drew De Vault wrote a mini guide.

https://drewdevault.com/2026/03/28/2026-03-28-rsync-without-rsync.html

tar: a slop-free alternative to rsync

Show threadEsther Payne 

Drew's been busy this afternoon

https://git.sr.ht/~sircmpwn/rtar

The thing I love about free software, is just how often small tools can be built. They don't have to be complex. But it's built from an idea and how a dev sees a problem.

It's the UNIX way, and I appreciate that idea.

Mar 28 at 2:15pmWeb