A pipeline repeatedly runs COPY INTO against the same source folder. What happens to files that were already loaded successfully?

AThey are reloaded every time

BThey are skipped because COPY INTO is idempotent

CThey are deleted from storage automatically

DThey are rewritten into a new Delta log version only

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