From 79427211dc65622874ff15be1907f9dfe915a28c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dmitry Kovba <dkovba@apple.com>
Date: Fri, 3 Apr 2026 14:01:24 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Fix a retain cycle in the `FileTreeNode` class (#638)

Fixes a retain cycle in the `FileTreeNode` class.
---
 Sources/ContainerizationEXT4/EXT4+FileTree.swift | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Sources/ContainerizationEXT4/EXT4+FileTree.swift b/Sources/ContainerizationEXT4/EXT4+FileTree.swift
index a96be79b..d8fa8cbc 100644
--- a/Sources/ContainerizationEXT4/EXT4+FileTree.swift
+++ b/Sources/ContainerizationEXT4/EXT4+FileTree.swift
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ extension EXT4 {
             var blocks: (start: UInt32, end: UInt32)?
             var additionalBlocks: [(start: UInt32, end: UInt32)]?
             var link: InodeNumber?
-            private var parent: Ptr<FileTreeNode>?
+            private weak var parent: Ptr<FileTreeNode>?
 
             init(
                 inode: InodeNumber,