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The check command verifies the consistency of a repository and the corresponding archives.
+check --repair is a potentially dangerous function and might lead to data loss
+(for kinds of corruption it is not capable of dealing with). BE VERY CAREFUL!
+
First, the underlying repository data files are checked:
- For all segments, the segment magic header is checked.