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This change is 

This is, in theory, unit test able. but this is also dead, non default code. And we have bigger things on our plate.

the exact thought that went through my head. If it makes sense to you/rui I think I feel pretty good just merging it for now.

TFTR!

bors r=msbutler

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Encountered an error creating backports. Some common things that can go wrong:

1. The backport branch might have already existed.
2. There was a merge conflict.
3. The backport branch contained merge commits.

You might need to create your backport manually using the backport tool.

error creating merge commit from 6fabaf8 to blathers/backport-release-22.2-111231: POST https://api.github.com/repos/cockroachdb/cockroach/merges: 409 Merge conflict []

you may need to manually resolve merge conflicts with the backport tool.

Backport to branch 22.2.x failed. See errors above.

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