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When a git-annex repository is on eg, a zfs or btrfs filesystem, the
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filesystem has built-in checksum verification of file. So a "scrub"
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operation that just reads all annexed files can detect when a file has
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gotten corrupt.
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This could be an enhancement to git-annex fsck, or a separate command.
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Note that this could detect corruption of files whose key does not
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contain a checksum.
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Since fsck reads the file content anyway when checksumming,
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the enhancement could be an option to scrub files that don't use
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checksums.
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It would make sense to move a file that is detected as corrupt to
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.git/annex/bad/ the same as fsck does.
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(Idea from Timothy Sanders.)
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