Recovery of essential metadata if metadata file is missing or corrupted

Author: jalongx

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -102,3 +102,11 @@ v0.9.46, 17‑Jan‑2026 - Backup and Restore overwrite‑safety for both GUI an
 - Added "Are you sure??" overwrite confirmations to GUI and CLI backup modes when a matching image already existed.
 - Introduced --force flag for CLI backups, enabling unattended and scripted backups that overwrite an existing image file/file series.
 - Fixed a minor bug where imprintr --help checked for dependencies before printing the help message.
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+v0.9.5, 18-Jan-2026 - Recovery of essential metadata if metadata file is missing or corrupted
+- Added --make-json flag to imprint-sniffer which creates a new metadata file that contains only the information essential to restore.
+- Sniffer detects the image compression, partclone backend and single vs. chunked status
+- The newly created metadata file has been tested with both single-file and chunked images
+- Filesystem sice is inconsistently detected by sniffer since the partclone header information seems to vary depending on the filesystem.
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README.md

@@ -124,8 +124,8 @@ Imprint is currently **version 0.92** — stable and fully usable, but still evo
 Here’s what’s planned for the 1.0 milestone (and beyond):
 
 - **Command‑line switches** for automation and headless use. ✔️ *Completed*
-- **Multi‑partition backup/restore**
-- **Sniffer** integration in the restore process to validate essential metadata values when metadata values are missing or corrupted.
+- **GUI multi‑partition backup/restore** 
+- **Sniffer** integration in the restore process to validate essential metadata values when metadata values are missing or corrupted. ✔️ *Completed*
 - **Verification‑only mode** (validate images without restoring)
 - **Logging** for headless operation.
 - **Improved documentation**