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+Enhancement: Provide clear error message if AZURE_ACCOUNT_NAME is not set
+
+If AZURE_ACCOUNT_NAME is not set, any command related to an Azure repository
+would result in a misleading networking error. Restic will now detect this and
+provide a clear warning that the variable is not defined.
+
+https://github.com/restic/restic/pull/5141