Index: subversion/libsvn_subr/sqlite.c
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--- subversion/libsvn_subr/sqlite.c	(revision 1387107)
+++ subversion/libsvn_subr/sqlite.c	(working copy)
@@ -858,6 +858,12 @@ svn_sqlite__open(svn_sqlite__db_t **db, const char
   SVN_ERR(exec_sql(*db, "PRAGMA foreign_keys=ON;"));
 #endif
 
+  /* The PERSIST journaling mode is useful as an optimization on platforms
+     where deleting or truncating a file is much more expensive than 
+     overwriting the first block of a file with zeros. For example
+     NTFS on Windows.*/
+  SVN_ERR(exec_sql(*db, "PRAGMA journal_mode = PERSIST"));
+
   /* Store temporary tables in RAM instead of in temporary files, but don't
      fail on this if this option is disabled in the sqlite compilation by
      setting SQLITE_TEMP_STORE to 0 (always to disk) */