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by Someone 1253 days ago
It’s rsync in that it can sync directories in various ways, but AFAIK it doesn’t have its ability to send partial files if the target already has part of it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rsync#Algorithm:

“The rsync utility uses an algorithm invented by Australian computer programmer Andrew Tridgell for efficiently transmitting a structure (such as a file) across a communications link when the receiving computer already has a similar, but not identical, version of the same structure.”