Under the hoodTier: how much it should matter to you
1Useful: my rating, 1 to 5
1Signal: worth watching, 1 to 5
ElsewhereArea: what it touches
Internal ChangesKind: in v2.1.280,
Internal ChangesSection of the release
What
A helper function that compares a file on disk against expected contents previously only returned true or false. It now returns one of three specific results: holds (the file matches), differs (the file exists but its size or content doesn't match), or missing (the file doesn't exist at all).
Why
This lets code that checks file integrity distinguish between a file being absent versus a file being present but changed, which are different situations that may need different handling.
