4+ Gigabytes of IDENTICAL DATA in 2 folders within latest macOS client installation; do 'symlink'.
Hello, on latest macOS Mojave, latest LoL client (version 9.5 [9.5-12915945.12915950]) a new installation is quite big, ≈13 Gigabytes. I noticed by comparing folders with the "FileMerge" tool (part of Xcode), that there's actually around 5 Gigabytes of IDENTICAL DATA…
LoL "projects" folder… "/Applications/League of Legends.app/Contents/LoL/RADS/projects/lol_game_client/releases/0.0.1.85/deploy/DATA" …has a "FINAL" folder in it, with EXACTLY the same data as:
LoL "solutions" folder… "/Applications/League of Legends.app/Contents/LoL/RADS/solutions/lol_game_client_sln/releases/0.0.1.81/deploy/DATA" …which has a "FINAL" folder in it that is IDENTICAL.
QUESTION: WHY not simply place a Symlink there to only 1 instance of data, instead of duplicating 4+ Gigabytes of IDENTICAL data, on macOS client?
EXPLANATION of difference between aliases & symlinks on macOS… https://apple.stackexchange.com/a/240552
…I tried making a symlink myself via "Terminal" (do at your own risk), seems to work just fine and got rid of 4+ Gigabytes of duplicates…
open /Applications/League\ of\ Legends.app/Contents/LoL/RADS/projects/lol_game_client/releases/0.0.1.85/deploy/DATA
[…shows folder in Finder… You can compare those 2 folders with "FileMerge" tool if you want…] […move the "FINAL" duplicate folder to the trash, then make symlink below…]
cd /Applications/League\ of\ Legends.app/Contents/LoL/RADS/projects/lol_game_client/releases/0.0.1.85/deploy/DATA
ln -s /Applications/League\ of\ Legends.app/Contents/LoL/RADS/solutions/lol_game_client_sln/releases/0.0.1.81/deploy/DATA/FINAL FINAL
…Are you listening Riot?