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> Git presumably doesn't have something approximating a WAL, so I understand the hesitation with this path.

Bingo. One of the worst problems is helping a client piece back together a corrupted repo when they are using snapshots. Check my profile to see how I know. :)

It's usually an OMG down scenario, and then you are adding in the "oh no, now the restore is corrupted."

It's fixable but it's definitely annoying.




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