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Re: [PATCH] Issue #1074: Need a svnadmin command to verify that the repository is not corrupted (Take 2)

From: <cmpilato_at_collab.net>
Date: 2003-08-06 21:00:53 CEST

kfogel@collab.net writes:

> cmpilato@collab.net writes:
> > Ooh! Here's a thought. What if we added a --dry-run option to
> > 'svnadmin dump'? That way at least folks don't pay the cost of the
> > output I/O. Basically, this option would cause the "stream" passed to
> > svn_repos_dump to be NULL, and we'd just check for non-NULL before
> > each call to svn_stream_printf() and svn_stream_write() in
> > libsvn_repos/dump.c. Note that we'd still do the *read* of the
> > file/directory data, so we get the checksum verification. Also, we
> > still pass a valid "feedback_stream" to the function, so we can see
> > progress and warnings.
>
> Cool implementation!
>
> But if the purpose of the command is to check integrity, then let's
> have its name reflect that. It may be 'dump --dry-run' under the
> hood, but 'svnadmin verify' or something is a more accurate name for
> what it does.

Oh, +1. Good thought, Captain UI.

John: go for it, and if that means starting 4 days from now ... well,
I know *I* have plenty of other fish to fry in the meantime. :-)

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