How to check a Mercurial repository for consistency (checksums)?
Assume I recover a Mercurial repository from a broken file system (e.g. bad hard drive), and I want to be sure that this one was not affected.
How can I force a self-check in Mercurial? That is, Mercurial walks through the whole history and checks that all checksums fit their respective dataset, and that the repository as a whole is consistent.
Is it sufficient to perform a local "hg clone" to enforce that check?
It there something like "git fsck" for Mecurial?
mercurial backup checksum consistency git-fsck
asked Nov 21 '18 at 11:57
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Assume I recover a Mercurial repository from a broken file system (e.g. bad hard drive), and I want to be sure that this one was not affected.
How can I force a self-check in Mercurial? That is, Mercurial walks through the whole history and checks that all checksums fit their respective dataset, and that the repository as a whole is consistent.
Is it sufficient to perform a local "hg clone" to enforce that check?
It there something like "git fsck" for Mecurial?
mercurial backup checksum consistency git-fsck
asked Nov 21 '18 at 11:57
vogvog
10.7k63958
add a comment |
Assume I recover a Mercurial repository from a broken file system (e.g. bad hard drive), and I want to be sure that this one was not affected.
How can I force a self-check in Mercurial? That is, Mercurial walks through the whole history and checks that all checksums fit their respective dataset, and that the repository as a whole is consistent.
Is it sufficient to perform a local "hg clone" to enforce that check?
It there something like "git fsck" for Mecurial?
mercurial backup checksum consistency git-fsck
asked Nov 21 '18 at 11:57
vogvog
10.7k63958
Assume I recover a Mercurial repository from a broken file system (e.g. bad hard drive), and I want to be sure that this one was not affected.
How can I force a self-check in Mercurial? That is, Mercurial walks through the whole history and checks that all checksums fit their respective dataset, and that the repository as a whole is consistent.
Is it sufficient to perform a local "hg clone" to enforce that check?
It there something like "git fsck" for Mecurial?
mercurial backup checksum consistency git-fsck
mercurial backup checksum consistency git-fsck
asked Nov 21 '18 at 11:57
vogvog
10.7k63958
asked Nov 21 '18 at 11:57
vogvog
10.7k63958
asked Nov 21 '18 at 11:57
vogvog
10.7k63958
asked Nov 21 '18 at 11:57
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The command for a pure check is:
hg verify
In case the repository is corrupt, the Mercural wiki provides recovery instructions:
- https://www.mercurial-scm.org/wiki/RepositoryCorruption
Of course, this only checks the commits, not the working directory. That it, it neither checks local changes that were not yet committed, nor ignored files such as build results. All those can't be verified by Mercurial, of course. Those would either have to be verified by different means, or simply be reset using a fresh Mercurial checkout and a fresh build.
answered Nov 21 '18 at 12:20
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This would verify the contents of hg history but not the contents of the working folder (anything not yet committed).
– DaveInCaz
Nov 26 '18 at 12:45
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@DaveInCaz Thanks, I improved my answer accordingly.
– vog
Nov 30 '18 at 11:20
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The command for a pure check is:
hg verify
In case the repository is corrupt, the Mercural wiki provides recovery instructions:
- https://www.mercurial-scm.org/wiki/RepositoryCorruption
Of course, this only checks the commits, not the working directory. That it, it neither checks local changes that were not yet committed, nor ignored files such as build results. All those can't be verified by Mercurial, of course. Those would either have to be verified by different means, or simply be reset using a fresh Mercurial checkout and a fresh build.
answered Nov 21 '18 at 12:20
vogvog
10.7k63958
This would verify the contents of hg history but not the contents of the working folder (anything not yet committed).
– DaveInCaz
Nov 26 '18 at 12:45
1
@DaveInCaz Thanks, I improved my answer accordingly.
– vog
Nov 30 '18 at 11:20
add a comment |
The command for a pure check is:
hg verify
In case the repository is corrupt, the Mercural wiki provides recovery instructions:
- https://www.mercurial-scm.org/wiki/RepositoryCorruption
Of course, this only checks the commits, not the working directory. That it, it neither checks local changes that were not yet committed, nor ignored files such as build results. All those can't be verified by Mercurial, of course. Those would either have to be verified by different means, or simply be reset using a fresh Mercurial checkout and a fresh build.
answered Nov 21 '18 at 12:20
vogvog
10.7k63958
This would verify the contents of hg history but not the contents of the working folder (anything not yet committed).
– DaveInCaz
Nov 26 '18 at 12:45
1
@DaveInCaz Thanks, I improved my answer accordingly.
– vog
Nov 30 '18 at 11:20
add a comment |
The command for a pure check is:
hg verify
In case the repository is corrupt, the Mercural wiki provides recovery instructions:
- https://www.mercurial-scm.org/wiki/RepositoryCorruption
Of course, this only checks the commits, not the working directory. That it, it neither checks local changes that were not yet committed, nor ignored files such as build results. All those can't be verified by Mercurial, of course. Those would either have to be verified by different means, or simply be reset using a fresh Mercurial checkout and a fresh build.
answered Nov 21 '18 at 12:20
vogvog
10.7k63958
The command for a pure check is:
hg verify
In case the repository is corrupt, the Mercural wiki provides recovery instructions:
- https://www.mercurial-scm.org/wiki/RepositoryCorruption
Of course, this only checks the commits, not the working directory. That it, it neither checks local changes that were not yet committed, nor ignored files such as build results. All those can't be verified by Mercurial, of course. Those would either have to be verified by different means, or simply be reset using a fresh Mercurial checkout and a fresh build.
answered Nov 21 '18 at 12:20
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answered Nov 21 '18 at 12:20
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answered Nov 21 '18 at 12:20
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answered Nov 21 '18 at 12:20
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This would verify the contents of hg history but not the contents of the working folder (anything not yet committed).
– DaveInCaz
Nov 26 '18 at 12:45
1
@DaveInCaz Thanks, I improved my answer accordingly.
– vog
Nov 30 '18 at 11:20
add a comment |
This would verify the contents of hg history but not the contents of the working folder (anything not yet committed).
– DaveInCaz
Nov 26 '18 at 12:45
1
@DaveInCaz Thanks, I improved my answer accordingly.
– vog
Nov 30 '18 at 11:20
This would verify the contents of hg history but not the contents of the working folder (anything not yet committed).
– DaveInCaz
Nov 26 '18 at 12:45
This would verify the contents of hg history but not the contents of the working folder (anything not yet committed).
– DaveInCaz
Nov 26 '18 at 12:45
1
1
@DaveInCaz Thanks, I improved my answer accordingly.
– vog
Nov 30 '18 at 11:20
@DaveInCaz Thanks, I improved my answer accordingly.
– vog
Nov 30 '18 at 11:20
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