Add compression migration support to changelog

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Michael Eischer 2022-05-09 22:39:02 +02:00
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@ -13,7 +13,12 @@ The new format version has not received much testing yet. Do not rely on it as
your only backup copy! Please run `check` in regular intervals to detect any your only backup copy! Please run `check` in regular intervals to detect any
problems. problems.
Upgrading in place is not yet supported. As a workaround, first create a new To upgrade in place run `migrate upgrade_repo_v2` followed by `prune`. See the
documentation for more details. The migration checks the repository integrity
and upgrades the repository format but will not change any data. Afterwards,
prune will rewrite the metadata to make use of compression.
As an alternative you can use the `copy` command to migrate snapshots: first create a new
repository using `init --repository-version 2 --copy-chunker-params --repo2 path/to/old/repo`. repository using `init --repository-version 2 --copy-chunker-params --repo2 path/to/old/repo`.
Then use the `copy` command to copy all snapshots to the new repository. Then use the `copy` command to copy all snapshots to the new repository.