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/_file_scan.pl
Site	DriftSense self-monitor on local
Kind	local
Captured at	2026-07-12 00:02:09
Captured SHA	41cc7dc8579b1e9724be39fd963a0986b11ee1dca463054ea59b6860fb9021cf

Current state on disk

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

File present	yes
Size	10522 bytes
Current SHA	41cc7dc8579b
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.