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.
| Target file | /var/www/vhosts/3dshawn.com/ptmatrix.3dshawn.com/MODS/Template.pm |
| Site | PTMatrix (ptmatrix.3dshawn.com) on local |
| Kind | local |
| Captured at | 2026-07-01 12:34:30 |
| Captured SHA | b17c1b3d806a28e82448e5b578a3921cedfd005f336c8f7a3cf725e06377332f |
| File present | yes |
| Size | 27453 bytes |
| Current SHA | b17c1b3d806a |
| Same as captured? | yes -- no-op |
<target>.drift_restore_backup_<epoch>, writes the captured content, verifies SHA post-write.