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+Enhancement: backup no longer updates file access times on Linux
+
+When reading files during backup, restic caused the operating system to update
+the file access times. Note that this does not apply to filesystems with
+disabled file access times.
+
+Restic now instructs the operation system not to update the file access time,
+if the user running restic is the file owner or has root permissions.
+
+https://github.com/restic/restic/pull/2816