# [GSoC Blog] Week 3&4 : Improve Disk Space Recovery for Partial Clones

7 messages from 2026-06-23 to 2026-09-02. Participants: Siddharth Shrimali.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/65856

## Siddharth Shrimali, 2026-06-23 11:46

Subject: [GSoC Blog] Week 3&4 : Improve Disk Space Recovery for Partial Clones
Message-ID: <CAGWgyh_WJ2mAgbJ2agp9UQm8iyR=eq0xWjdYT59CC9fZTnAbzA@mail.gmail.com>

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Hello everyone,

My latest blog post, covering weeks 3 and 4, is now live:
https://siddharth.shrimali.info/#post/6

I have combined both weeks into a single post.
Why such a consolidation?
You’ll have to dive into the blog to know ;)

Please feel free to review my work and share your feedback.
Always open to discussions! :)

Regards,
Siddharth Shrimali

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## Siddharth Shrimali, 2026-06-29 11:49

Subject: Re: [GSoC Blog] Week 5 : Improve Disk Space Recovery for Partial Clones
Message-ID: <CAGWgyh-Udy9p9yF_8EDnVgK4bxyG9BsX1gio8oKr0G9b-sdQFA@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <CAGWgyh_WJ2mAgbJ2agp9UQm8iyR=eq0xWjdYT59CC9fZTnAbzA@mail.gmail.com>

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Hello everyone,

My latest blog post, covering week 5, is now live:
https://siddharth.shrimali.info/#post/7

Please feel free to review my work and share your feedback.
Always open to discussions! :)

Regards,
Siddharth Shrimali

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## Siddharth Shrimali, 2026-07-08 18:15

Subject: Re: [GSoC Blog] Week 6 : Improve Disk Space Recovery for Partial Clones
Message-ID: <CAGWgyh9154HAPs-YoMz6G02TfcLe3CCcd93TJjg6e+hQsmZxVQ@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <CAGWgyh-Udy9p9yF_8EDnVgK4bxyG9BsX1gio8oKr0G9b-sdQFA@mail.gmail.com>

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Hello everyone,

My latest blog post, covering week 6, is now live:
https://siddharth.shrimali.info/#post/8

Please feel free to review my work and share your feedback.
Always open to discussions! :)

Regards,
Siddharth Shrimali

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## Siddharth Shrimali, 2026-07-24 18:37

Subject: Re: [GSoC Blog] Week 7&8 : Improve Disk Space Recovery for Partial Clones
Message-ID: <CAGWgyh-fXm2WdAqZDjYeHAuucniWnoathQvsFP+rDsKvxrs+eA@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <CAGWgyh9154HAPs-YoMz6G02TfcLe3CCcd93TJjg6e+hQsmZxVQ@mail.gmail.com>

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Hello everyone,

My latest blog post, covering weeks 7 and 8, is now live:
https://siddharth.shrimali.info/#post/9

I have combined both weeks into a single post.

Please feel free to review my work and share your feedback.
Always open to discussions! :)

Regards,
Siddharth Shrimali

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## Siddharth Shrimali, 2026-08-10 19:04

Subject: [GSoC Blog] Week 9&10 : Improve Disk Space Recovery for Partial Clones
Message-ID: <CAGWgyh8ijbA6gUcSgdkrwRtjSAfYbpfU9WitmcnFAr-ObAZ+RA@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <CAGWgyh-fXm2WdAqZDjYeHAuucniWnoathQvsFP+rDsKvxrs+eA@mail.gmail.com>

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Hello everyone,

I forgot to send an update to the mailing list earlier,
but my blog post covering weeks 9 and 10 went live
as a combined post on August 3rd:
https://siddharth.shrimali.info/#post/10

Please feel free to review my work and share your feedback.
Always open to discussions! :)

Regards,
Siddharth Shrimali

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## Siddharth Shrimali, 2026-08-19 07:12

Subject: [GSoC Blog] Week 11&12 : Improve Disk Space Recovery for Partial Clones
Message-ID: <CAGWgyh9NjgXgJcrPs_1rWc-8U-e3XbvcpnHuSQjc8dv+7kX+cA@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <CAGWgyh8ijbA6gUcSgdkrwRtjSAfYbpfU9WitmcnFAr-ObAZ+RA@mail.gmail.com>

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Hello everyone,

My blog posts covering weeks 11 and 12 are now live:
https://siddharth.shrimali.info/#post/11
https://siddharth.shrimali.info/#post/12

Please feel free to review my work and share your feedback.
Always open to discussions! :)

Regards,
Siddharth Shrimali

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## Siddharth Shrimali, 2026-09-02 04:35

Subject: [GSoC Blog] Submission : Improve Disk Space Recovery for Partial Clones
Message-ID: <CAGWgyh-rK=_SGHwVHMMGOgbsAEpondXK74xtym3VekAYzmHT9Q@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <CAGWgyh9NjgXgJcrPs_1rWc-8U-e3XbvcpnHuSQjc8dv+7kX+cA@mail.gmail.com>

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Hello everyone,

As GSoC 2026 comes to an end, here is my final submission report
for my project "Improve Disk Space Recovery for Partial Clones"
https://siddharth.shrimali.info/#report

Thanks to the community for reviewing and sharing your feedback.
Always open to discussions! :)

Regards,
Siddharth Shrimali

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