check
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:Purpose: Validate working tree structure, branch consistency and repository history.
:Usage:   bzr check [PATH]

:Options:
  -v, --verbose  Display more information.
  --tree         Check the working tree related to the current directory.
  -q, --quiet    Only display errors and warnings.
  --repo         Check the repository related to the current directory.
  --branch       Check the branch related to the current directory.
  --usage        Show usage message and options.
  -h, --help     Show help message.

:Description:
  This command checks various invariants about branch and repository storage
  to detect data corruption or bzr bugs.
  
  The working tree and branch checks will only give output if a problem is
  detected. The output fields of the repository check are:
  
  revisions
      This is just the number of revisions checked.  It doesn't
      indicate a problem.
  
  versionedfiles
      This is just the number of versionedfiles checked.  It
      doesn't indicate a problem.
  
  unreferenced ancestors
      Texts that are ancestors of other texts, but
      are not properly referenced by the revision ancestry.  This is a
      subtle problem that Bazaar can work around.
  
  unique file texts
      This is the total number of unique file contents
      seen in the checked revisions.  It does not indicate a problem.
  
  repeated file texts
      This is the total number of repeated texts seen
      in the checked revisions.  Texts can be repeated when their file
      entries are modified, but the file contents are not.  It does not
      indicate a problem.
  
  If no restrictions are specified, all Bazaar data that is found at the given
  location will be checked.

:Examples:
    Check the tree and branch at 'foo'::

        bzr check --tree --branch foo

    Check only the repository at 'bar'::

        bzr check --repo bar

    Check everything at 'baz'::

        bzr check baz

:See also: :doc:`reconcile <reconcile-help>`