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Changelog for restic 0.11.0 (2020-11-05)
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The following sections list the changes in restic 0.11.0 relevant to
restic users. The changes are ordered by importance.
Summary
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* Fix #1212: Restore timestamps and permissions on intermediate directories
* Fix #1756: Mark repository files as read-only when using the local backend
* Fix #2241: Hide password in REST backend repository URLs
* Fix #2319: Correctly dump directories into tar files
* Fix #2491: Don't require `self-update --output` placeholder file
* Fix #2834: Fix rare cases of backup command hanging forever
* Fix #2938: Fix manpage formatting
* Fix #2942: Make --exclude-larger-than handle disappearing files
* Fix #2951: Restic generate, help and self-update no longer check passwords
* Fix #2979: Make snapshots --json output [] instead of null when no snapshots
* Enh #2969: Optimize check for unchanged files during backup
* Enh #340: Add support for Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) on Windows
* Enh #2849: Authenticate to Google Cloud Storage with access token
* Enh #1458: New option --repository-file
* Enh #2978: Warn if parent snapshot cannot be loaded during backup
Details
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* Bugfix #1212: Restore timestamps and permissions on intermediate directories
When using the `--include` option of the restore command, restic restored timestamps and
permissions only on directories selected by the include pattern. Intermediate directories,
which are necessary to restore files located in sub- directories, were created with default
permissions. We've fixed the restore command to restore timestamps and permissions for these
directories as well.
https://github.com/restic/restic/issues/1212
https://github.com/restic/restic/issues/1402
https://github.com/restic/restic/pull/2906
* Bugfix #1756: Mark repository files as read-only when using the local backend
Files stored in a local repository were marked as writeable on the filesystem for non-Windows
systems, which did not prevent accidental file modifications outside of restic. In addition,
the local backend did not work with certain filesystems and network mounts which do not permit
modifications of file permissions.
Restic now marks files stored in a local repository as read-only on the filesystem on
non-Windows systems. The error handling is improved to support more filesystems.
https://github.com/restic/restic/issues/1756
https://github.com/restic/restic/issues/2157
https://github.com/restic/restic/pull/2989
* Bugfix #2241: Hide password in REST backend repository URLs
When using a password in the REST backend repository URL, the password could in some cases be
included in the output from restic, e.g. when initializing a repo or during an error.
The password is now replaced with "***" where applicable.
https://github.com/restic/restic/issues/2241
https://github.com/restic/restic/pull/2658
* Bugfix #2319: Correctly dump directories into tar files
The dump command previously wrote directories in a tar file in a way which can cause
compatibility problems. This caused, for example, 7zip on Windows to not open tar files
containing directories. In addition it was not possible to dump directories with extended
attributes. These compatibility problems are now corrected.
In addition, a tar file now includes the name of the owner and group of a file.
https://github.com/restic/restic/issues/2319
https://github.com/restic/restic/pull/3039
* Bugfix #2491: Don't require `self-update --output` placeholder file
`restic self-update --output /path/to/new-restic` used to require that new-restic was an
existing file, to be overwritten. Now it's possible to download an updated restic binary to a
new path, without first having to create a placeholder file.
https://github.com/restic/restic/issues/2491
https://github.com/restic/restic/pull/2937
* Bugfix #2834: Fix rare cases of backup command hanging forever
We've fixed an issue with the backup progress reporting which could cause restic to hang
forever right before finishing a backup.
https://github.com/restic/restic/issues/2834
https://github.com/restic/restic/pull/2963
* Bugfix #2938: Fix manpage formatting
The manpage formatting in restic v0.10.0 was garbled, which is fixed now.
https://github.com/restic/restic/issues/2938
https://github.com/restic/restic/pull/2977
* Bugfix #2942: Make --exclude-larger-than handle disappearing files
There was a small bug in the backup command's --exclude-larger-than option where files that
disappeared between scanning and actually backing them up to the repository caused a panic.
This is now fixed.
https://github.com/restic/restic/issues/2942
* Bugfix #2951: Restic generate, help and self-update no longer check passwords
The commands `restic cache`, `generate`, `help` and `self-update` don't need passwords, but
they previously did run the RESTIC_PASSWORD_COMMAND (if set in the environment), prompting
users to authenticate for no reason. They now skip running the password command.
https://github.com/restic/restic/issues/2951
https://github.com/restic/restic/pull/2987
* Bugfix #2979: Make snapshots --json output [] instead of null when no snapshots
Restic previously output `null` instead of `[]` for the `--json snapshots` command, when
there were no snapshots in the repository. This caused some minor problems when parsing the
output, but is now fixed such that `[]` is output when the list of snapshots is empty.
https://github.com/restic/restic/issues/2979
https://github.com/restic/restic/pull/2984
* Enhancement #2969: Optimize check for unchanged files during backup
During a backup restic skips processing files which have not changed since the last backup run.
Previously this required opening each file once which can be slow on network filesystems. The
backup command now checks for file changes before opening a file. This considerably reduces
the time to create a backup on network filesystems.
https://github.com/restic/restic/issues/2969
https://github.com/restic/restic/pull/2970
* Enhancement #340: Add support for Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) on Windows
Volume Shadow Copy Service allows read access to files that are locked by another process using
an exclusive lock through a filesystem snapshot. Restic was unable to backup those files
before. This update enables backing up these files.
This needs to be enabled explicitely using the --use-fs-snapshot option of the backup
command.
https://github.com/restic/restic/issues/340
https://github.com/restic/restic/pull/2274
* Enhancement #2849: Authenticate to Google Cloud Storage with access token
When using the GCS backend, it is now possible to authenticate with OAuth2 access tokens
instead of a credentials file by setting the GOOGLE_ACCESS_TOKEN environment variable.
https://github.com/restic/restic/pull/2849
* Enhancement #1458: New option --repository-file
We've added a new command-line option --repository-file as an alternative to -r. This allows
to read the repository URL from a file in order to prevent certain types of information leaks,
especially for URLs containing credentials.
https://github.com/restic/restic/issues/1458
https://github.com/restic/restic/issues/2900
https://github.com/restic/restic/pull/2910
* Enhancement #2978: Warn if parent snapshot cannot be loaded during backup
During a backup restic uses the parent snapshot to check whether a file was changed and has to be
backed up again. For this check the backup has to read the directories contained in the old
snapshot. If a tree blob cannot be loaded, restic now warns about this problem with the backup
repository.
https://github.com/restic/restic/pull/2978
Changelog for restic 0.10.0 (2020-09-19)
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