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docs: consequences of borg check, fixes #7816

Thomas Waldmann 1 year ago
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@@ -39,8 +39,10 @@ Steps you must take to upgrade a repository:
    Note: it is not required to upgrade a server, except if the server-side borg
    is also used as a client (and not just for "borg serve").
 
-   Do **not** run ``borg check`` with borg > 1.2.4 before completing the upgrade steps.
+   Do **not** run ``borg check`` with borg > 1.2.4 before completing the upgrade steps:
 
+   - ``borg check`` would complain about archives without a valid archive TAM.
+   - ``borg check --repair`` would remove such archives!
 2. Run ``BORG_WORKAROUNDS=ignore_invalid_archive_tam borg info --debug <repo> 2>&1 | grep TAM | grep -i manifest``.
 
    a) If you get "TAM-verified manifest", continue with 3.