[jira] [Created] (SVN-4843) svn wc verify -- pristine files consistency check, and possibly repair

Julian Foad created SVN-4843:
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             Summary: svn wc verify -- pristine files consistency check, and possibly repair
                 Key: SVN-4843
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SVN-4843
             Project: Subversion
          Issue Type: Wish
            Reporter: Julian Foad


Proposal: a feature to check whether a Subversion WC's pristine texts (and potentially other metadata) are all present and uncorrupted. Possible second stage: ability to repair some problems.

Why?

Different factors can cause corruption, including:
 * the user accidentally changing .svn files by running a search-and-replace etc.;
 * bugs in Subversion;
 * "random" corruption caused by hardware or other software.

One customer I know of recently found corruption of the "pristine checksum mismatch" kind in some WCs when trying to commit from them, and was looking for a way to check whether other WCs were valid ahead of finding a problem at commit time. That is not the first time users have experienced WC corruption. The usual suggestion, "check out a fresh WC", is a blunt tool and may leave a user with residual fear, uncertainty and doubt.

Right now, there is no good and easy way to check if a WC's pristines are present and correct.

Dev@ email thread: "[[RFC] svn wc verify – pristine files consistency check, and possibly repair|https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r73fb728562b3f89a9cdf0940ffd5f18babed3e492cb67034a5913f43%40%3Cdev.subversion.apache.org%3E]" started on 2020-01-09.



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