Anyone know of a library for upgrading an app's data storage in a safe way from one version to the next?
My desktop app has various databases and flat files, and sometimes I need to change the schema or layout or file formats. But I want to do it safely—if the upgrade fails partway through, I want to be able to reset to a known-good state, and not leave the user's data in an unusable halfway-upgraded state.
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