Restore

Restore file to captured state

Every captured change carries its SHA-256-addressed content in BLOB_STORE. Restoring writes that content back to the original path — current file gets backed up to <path>.drift_restore_backup_<epoch> before overwrite.

What will change

Preview -- nothing has been written yet.

Target file	/var/www/vhosts/3dshawn.com/site1/alerts.cgi
Site	DriftSense self-monitor on local
Kind	local
Captured at	2026-07-12 00:02:06
Captured SHA	3738a3d43d876da6dee2f54f171a7c63bcf22323961ffa278c24aecba4767e96

Current state on disk

Live check just now. If SHAs match, the restore is a no-op.

File present	yes
Size	9628 bytes
Current SHA	3738a3d43d87
Same as captured?	yes -- no-op

See exactly what's different →

Confirm restore

Backs current content to <target>.drift_restore_backup_<epoch>, writes the captured content, verifies SHA post-write.