Add -n, --dry-run option to build_pack.py script

[NayoMays]

[frederic-mahe]

Hi @NayoMays that's a good idea but I need some time to see where it can be integrated in the script.

As I see it, the idea is to parse the database and to compute a hash value for each file in the input folder, but to avoid copying the files to the output folder. A temporary solution for you could be to use the --file_strategy hardlink. It creates an output folder, but files are not copied and take almost no additional space. You can safely delete the newly created folder after your run.

[steve1515]

Would the "dry-run" option be the same as only listing the coverage statistic and optionally logging missing files from a given input directory?